Section 12. Examination of application

12. Examination of application . —[1] [(1) When a request for examination has been made in respect of an application for a patent in the prescribed manner[2] [under sub-section (1) or sub-section (3) of section 11B, the application and specification and other documents related thereto shall be referred at the earliest by the Controller] to an examiner for making a report to him in respect of the following matters, namely: — (a) whether the application and the[3] [specification and other documents relating thereto] are in accordance with the requirements of this Act and of any rules made thereunder; (b) whether there is any lawful ground of objection to the grant of the patent under this Act in pursuance of the application; (c) the result of investigations made under section 13; and - (d) any other matter which may be prescribed. (2) The examiner to whom the application and the[3] [specification and other documents relating thereto] are referred under sub-section (1) shall ordinarily make the report to the Controller within[4] [such period as may be prescribed]. " 62. Power of Controller to correct clerical errors 12. For section 62, substitute— " 62. Power of Controller to correct clerical errors.— The Controller may, on request in writing accompanied by the prescribed fee, correct any clerical error in the representation of a design or in the name or address of the proprietor of any design or in any other matter which is entered upon the register of designs.".