17. Submission to lapse if publication unobtainable---(1) Where a
 notice of submission relating to a publication is lodged with the
 Classification Office under section 15 (1) of this Act, and a copy of
 that publication is not submitted to the Classification Office, the
 Classification Office shall take all reasonable steps to obtain a copy
 of the publication.

   (2) If the Classification Office, after taking such steps as are
 required by subsection (1) of this section, is unable to obtain a copy
 of the publication, that notice of submission shall lapse, and the
 Classification Office shall notify the person who submitted that notice
 accordingly.
     Cf. 1987, No. 85, s. 19 (6), (7)