The Laws of Zambia
(c)
if upon consideration of the design at any time it appears to the competent
authority that the publication of the design would not, or would no longer, be
prejudicial to the defence of the Republic, that authority shall give notice to
the Registrar to that effect;
(d)
on the receipt of any such notice, the Registrar shall revoke the directions
and may, subject to such conditions, if any, as he thinks fit, extend the time
for doing anything required or authorised to be done by or under this Act in
connection with the application or registration, whether or not that time has
previously expired.
(5) No person ordinarily resident or domiciled in Zambia shall, while in Zambia,
except under the authority of a written permit granted by or on behalf of the Registrar,
make or cause to be made any application outside Zambia for the registration of a design
of any class prescribed for the purposes of this subsection unless-
(a)
an application for registration of the same design has been made in Zambia
not less than six weeks before the application outside Zambia; and
(b)
either no directions have been given under subsection (2) in relation to the
application in Zambia or all such directions have been revoked.
(6) If any person fails to comply with any direction given under this section or makes
or causes to be made an application for the registration of a design in contravention of this
section, he shall be guilty of an offence.
(7) Where an offence under this section is committed by a body corporate, every
person who at the time of the commission of the offence is a director, general manager,
secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate, or is purporting to act in any such
capacity, shall be deemed to be guilty of that offence unless he proves that the offence
was committed without his consent or connivance and that he exercised all such
deligence to prevent the commission of the offence as he ought to have exercised having
regard to the nature of his functions in that capacity and to all the circumstances.
(As amended by G.N. No. 187 of 1964
and S.I. No. 175 of 1965)
12. (1) An application for the registration of a design shall not be refused, and the
registration of a design shall not be invalidated, by reason only of-
(a)
the disclosure of the design by the proprietor to any other person in such
circumstances as would make it contrary to good faith for that other person
to use or publish the design;
(b)
the disclosure of the design in breach of good faith by any person other
than the proprietor of the design;
Copyright Ministry of Legal Affairs, Government of the Republic of Zambia
Provisions as to
confidential disclosure,
etc.
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