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For the purpose of exercising in any case their powers of 
avoidance or suspension the Board of Trade may appoint such 
person or persons as they shall think fit to hold an inquiry. 
Any application to the Board for any such avoidance or sus 
pension may be referred for hearing and inquiry to such person 
or persons who shall report thereon to the Board. 
Provided always that the Board of Trade may at any time, 
if in their absolute discretion they deem it expedient in the 
public interest, order the avoidance or suspension of any such 
registration and all or any rights conferred by the registration 
of a Design upon such terms and conditions, if any, as they 
Hiay think fit. 
2. The term “ person ” used in these Rules shall, in addition 
to the meaning given thereto by Section 19 of the Interpretation 
Act, 1889, include any Government Department. 
3. All things required or authorised to be done by, to, or 
before the Board of Trade may be done by, to, or before the 
President or a Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the 
Board, or any person authorised in that behalf by thePresi- 
dent of the Board. 
All documents purporting to be Orders made by the Board 
°f Trade and to be sealed with the seal of the Board or to be 
signed by a Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Board 
°r by any person authorised in that behalf by the President 
°f the Board shall be received in evidence and shall be deemed 
to be such Orders without further proof unless the contrary is 
shown. 
A certificate signed by the President of the Board of Trade 
that any Order made or act done is the Order or act of the 
Board shall be conclusive evidence of the fact so certified. 
4. These Rules shall be called the Designs (Temporary) 
Buies, 1914, and shall come into operation as and from the 
•5th day of September, 1914. 
Dated the 5th day of September, 1914.