The Laws of Zambia
12.
If the Registrar objects to an application for the registration of a design, he
shall inform the applicant of his objections in writing and, unless within two months the
applicant applies for a hearing or makes a considered reply in writing to those objections,
he shall be deemed to have withdrawn his application.
Registrar's objections
13.
If the applicant applies for a hearing, the decision of the Registrar at such
hearing shall be communicated to the applicant in writing.
Decision of Registrar
14. If the applicant desires to appeal from the Registrar's decision, he shall within
one month from the date of the decision apply to the Registrar in Form No. 5, requesting
him to state in writing the grounds of, and the materials used by him in arriving at, his
decision. Upon receipt of such application, the Registrar shall send to the applicant such
statement as aforesaid in writing, and the date when such statement is sent shall be
deemed to be the date of the Registrar's decision for the purpose of an appeal.
Procedure on appeal
from decision of
Registrar
15. The certificate of registration of a design shall be in Form No. 6, No. 7, No. 8 or
No. 9, whichever is applicable, and may be modified as directed by the Registrar.
Certificate of
registration
16. The time prescribed for the purposes of subsection (4) of section nine, which
relates to non-completion of an application, shall be twelve months from the date of the
application:
Non-completion
Provided that the application may be completed at any time after twelve months but
within fifteen months of the date aforesaid, if a request for an extension of time is made in
Form No. 10 bearing the prescribed fee.
17. In case of the death of any applicant for the registration of a design after the
date of his application, and before registration of the design has been effected, the
Registrar may, on being satisfied of the applicant's death, enter in the register, in place of
the name, address and nationality of such deceased applicant, the name, address and
nationality of the person owning the design on such ownership being proved to the
satisfaction of the Registrar.
Death of applicant
18. (1) An application for extension of the period of copyright for a second period of
five years shall be made in Form No. 11, and an application for extension of the period of
copyright for a third period of five years shall be made in Form No. 12.
Extension of period of
copyright
(2) An application for extension of the period of copyright in a design registered by
virtue of section ten shall be made before the expiration of the period of copyright in the
original registered design current at the date of lodging the application under section ten.
Copyright Ministry of Legal Affairs, Government of the Republic of Zambia
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