An application for the registration of a design shall be made in the prescribed form and shall be lodged at the Designs Office in the prescribed manner.

For the purpose of deciding whether a design is new or original, the Registrar may make such searches, if any, as he thinks fit.

The Registrar may refuse any application for the registration of a design or may register the design in pursuance of the application subject to such modifications, if any, as he thinks fit.