110 No. 15 of 2010] Cap. 30 Patents and Companies Registration Agency "appointed date" means such date as the Minister may appoint under section one; "Assistant Registrar" means a person appointed as Assistant Registrar under section fifteen; "Board" means the Board of the Agency constituted under section six; "Chairperson" means the person appointed as Chairperson under section six; "Department" means the offices of the Registrar of Companies, Registrar of Registered Business Names, Registrar of Patents, Registrar of Trade Marks and Registrar of Registered Designs; "legal practitioner" has the meaning assigned to it in the Legal Practitioners Act; "Registrar" means the person appointed as Registrar under section fourteen; and "Vice-Chairperson" means the person appointed as ViceChairperson under section six. PART II T HE P ATENTS AND C OMPANIES REGISTRATION A GENCY Establishment of Agency Seal of Agency There is hereby established the Patents and Companies Registration Agency which shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal, capable of suing and of being sued in its corporate name, and with the power, subject to the provisions of this Act, to do all such acts and things as a body corporate may, by law, do or perform. (1) The seal of the Agency shall be such device as may be determined by the Agency and shall be kept by the Registrar. The affixing of the seal shall be authenticated by the Chairperson or the Vice-Chairperson and the Registrar or one other person authorised in that behalf by a resolution of the Board: Provided that where the Agency is registering industrial property rights or registering or incorporating any company, firm or business entity, the affixing of the seal shall be authenticated by the Registrar. Any contract or instrument which, if entered into or executed by a person not being a body corporate, would not be required to be under seal, may be entered into or executed without seal on behalf of the Agency by the Registrar or any other person generally or specifically authorised by the Board in that behalf.