(1) The Registrar shall accord as the filing date the date of receipt of application, provided that, at the time of receipt, the application contains indications allowing the identity of the applicant to be established and the required graphic representation of the article embodying the industrial design.
(2) Where the Registrar finds that the application did not at the time of receipt fulfil the requirements referred to in subsection (1), he or she shall invite the applicant to file the required correction and shall accord as the filing date the date of receipt of the required correction, but if no correction is made the application shall be treated as if it had not been filed.
(3) After according a filing date, the Registrar shall examine the application for compliance with the requirements of section 6 and ascertain whether the application fee has been paid.
(4) The Registrar shall examine whether the industrial design complies with the provisions of sections 3 and 4(4).