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Act No. 3202 Section 2

Section 2

SEC. 2. Upon filing an application for the registration of trade-marks or trade-names for cigars or cigarettes in accordance with the requirements hereinbefore prescribed, the Director of the Bureau of Commerce and Industry shall cause an examination of the trade-mark or trade-name to be made, and if on such examination it shall appear that the applicant is entitled to registration of his trade-mark or trade-name, the Director of the Bureau of Commerce and Industry shall cause the said application to be published once a week for six consecutive weeks in the Official Gazette, the cost of publication to be charged against the applicant. The Director of the Bureau of Commerce and Industry shall likewise notify the Manila Tobacco Association and other similar associations of the existence of such application, in order that any cigar or cigarette manufacturer considering himself entitled to object thereto may do so. The registration fee for trade-marks and trade-names for cigars or cigarettes shall be fifty pesos for each, except in the case of factories the capital of which does not exceed two thousand pesos, for which the fees shall be twenty- five pesos each: Provided, That in case the application for registration is denied, the applicant shall pay only ten pesos for the "examination, in addition to the expenses incurred for publication and notification.

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CitationAct No. 3202 Section 2 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).

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