50Withdrawn application not to be used as basic application in certain circumstances

##### 50 Withdrawn application not to be used as basic application in certain circumstances Notwithstanding anything contained in section 49, where: (a) an application for protection in respect of a design has been made in a Convention country; (b) the application has been withdrawn, abandoned or refused without becoming open to public inspection; (c) the application has not been used as the basis for claiming a right of priority in a Convention country under the law of that country corresponding to section 49; and (d) a later application has been made by the same applicant for protection in respect of that design in the Convention country in which the earlier application was made; the applicant may request the Registrar to disregard the earlier application for the purposes of section 49 and, if he so requests: (e) the earlier application shall be so disregarded; and (f) neither the applicant nor any other person is capable of making use of the earlier application as a basic application for the purposes of section 49.