The Laws of Zambia 9. (1) An application for the registration of a design shall be made in the prescribed form and shall be lodged at the Designs Office in the prescribed manner. Proceedings for registration (2) For the purpose of deciding whether a design is new or original, the Registrar may make such searches, if any, as he thinks fit. (3) The Registrar may refuse any application for the registration of a design or may register the design in pursuance of the application subject to such modifications, if any, as he thinks fit. (4) An application which, owing to any default or neglect on the part of the applicant, has not been completed so as to enable registration to be effected within such time as may be prescribed shall be deemed to be abandoned. (5) Except as otherwise expressly provided by this Act, a design when registered shall be registered as of the date on which the application for registration was made, or such other date (whether earlier or later than that date) as the Registrar may in any particular case direct: Provided that no proceedings shall be taken in respect of any infringement of copyright in that design committed before the date on which the certificate of registration thereof under this Act is issued. (6) An appeal shall lie from any decision of the Registrar under subsection (3). 10. (1) Where the registered proprietor of a design registered in respect of any article makes an application- (a) for registration in respect of one or more other articles, of the registered design; or (b) for registration in respect of the same or one or more other articles, of a design consisting of the registered design with modifications or variations not sufficient to alter the character or substantially to affect the identity thereof; the application shall not be refused and the registration made on that application shall not be invalidated by reason only of the previous registration or publication of the registered design: Provided that the period of copyright in a design registered by virtue of this section shall not extend beyond the expiration of the original and any extended period of copyright in the original registered design. Copyright Ministry of Legal Affairs, Government of the Republic of Zambia Registration of same design in respect of other articles, etc.