law: Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act, 2000
  13.   Registration.
  1.  
  
    Subject
  
  to the provisions of section 9, when an application for the registration of the
  
  layout-design has been accepted and either-
  a.  
  
    the
  
  application has not been opposed and time for notice of opposition has expired;
  
  or
  b.  
  
    the
  
  application has been opposed and the opposition has been decided in favour of
  
  the applicant, the Registrar shall register the said layout-design in the
  
  register and the layout-design shall be registered as of the date of the making
  
  of the said application and that date shall be deemed to be the date of
  
  registration.
  1.     
  2.   On the registration
  
  of a layout-design, the Registrar shall issue to the applicant a certificate in
  
  the prescribed form of the registration thereof sealed with the seal of the
  
  Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Registry.
  3.   Where registration of
  
  a layout-design is not completed within twelve months from the date of the
  
  application by reason of default on the part of the applicant, the Registrar
  
  may, after giving notice to the applicant in the prescribed manner, treat the
  
  application as abandoned unless it is completed within the time specified in
  
  that behalf in the notice.
  4.   The Registrar may
  
  amend the register or a certificate of registration for the purpose of
  
  correcting a clerical error or an obvious mistake.