law: Trade Marks Act, 1999  
  72. Consideration of application for
  
  registration by the Registrar.- 
  (1) The Registrar shall consider the
  
  application made under section 71 with regard to the following matters, namely
  
  :- 
  (a) whether the
  
  applicant is competent to certify the goods in respect of which the mark is to
  
  be registered.
  (b) whether the draft
  
  of the regulations to be filed under section 74 is satisfactory.
  (c) whether in all the
  
  circumstances the registration applied for would be to the public advantage.
  And may either –
  (i) refuse the
  
  application, or
  (ii) accept the
  
  application and approve the said draft of the regulations either without
  
  modification and unconditionally or subject to any conditions or limitations,
  
  or to any amendments or modifications of the applications or of the
  
  regulations, which he thinks requisite having regard to any of the said
  
  matters.
  (2) Except in the case of acceptance and
  
  approval without modification and conditionally, the Registrar shall not decide
  
  any matter under sub-section (1) without giving the applicant an opportunity of
  
  being heard.