(1) The Registrar may
without the direction of the Commissioner correct any patent error in any
instrument (whether in paper or electronic form) lodged for registration
without such instrument being withdrawn from the Authority.
(2) Such correction
must be made in compliance with section 188(3) to (6) and such correction
shall have the same validity and effect as if made under the direction of the
Commissioner under section 188.
[Section 189 amended: No. 81 of 1996 s. 113; No. 6
of 2003 s. 73; No. 60 of 2006 s. 118(1); No. 19 of 2010 s. 51; No. 2 of 2014
s. 81.]