Section 4, The Trade Marks Act, 2014

(1) An application shall be accompanied with areproduction of the trade mark and a list of the goods and services for which the registration of the trade mark is requested using the international classification. (2) The application may contain a declaration claiming the priority of an earlier national or regional application filed by the applicant or the predecessor in title of the applicant as provided for in article 4 of the Paris Convention set out in the Schedule in or for any state party to the Convention or in or for any member of the World Trade Organisation. (3) The Registrar may require the applicant to provide within the prescribed time a copy of the earlier application certified as correct by the office with which it was filed. (4) Where the Registrar finds that the requirements under subsection (3) have not been met, the declaration shall cease to have effect. (5) The applicant may withdraw an application at any time during its pendency.