(1)

The Registrar shall remove from the register of trademarks agents the name of any registered trademarks agent-

(a) from whom' a request has been received to that effect; or

(b) from whom the annual fee has not been received on the expiry of three months from the date on which it became due.

(2)

The Registrar shall remove from the register of trademarks agents, the name of any registered trademarks agent-

(a) who is found to have been subject at the time of his registration, or thereafter has become subject, to any of the disabilities stated in clauses (i) to(vii) of rule 145;or

(b) whom the Registrar has declared not to be a fit and proper person to remain in the Register by reason of any act of negligence, misconduct or dishonesty committed in his professional capacity;

(c) whose name has been entered in the register by an error or on account of misrepresentation or suppression of material fact:

(3)

The Registrar shall remove from the register of trademarks agents the name of any registered trademarks agent who is dead.

(4)

The removal of the name of any person from the register of trademarks agents shall be notified in the Journal and shall, wherever possible, be communicated to the person concerned.