(1) The Registrar shall maintain a register in which he or she shall record all matters required by this Act to be recorded.
(2) Where an application complies with the requirements of section 8, the Registrar shall register the layout-design in the Register without examination of—
(a) the originality of the layout-design;
(b) the applicant's entitlement to protection; or
(c) the correctness of the facts stated in the application.
(3) The Register shall contain the number, title, filing date and, where indicated in the application under section 8(3)(e), the date of first commercial exploitation anywhere in the world of the layout-design as well as the name and address of the right holder and other prescribed particulars.
(4) A person may consult the Register and obtain extracts therefrom, subject to the payment of the prescribed fee.
(5) The registration of a layout-design shall be published in the prescribed manner.