806 No. 40 of 2016] Appointment of other staff Nonwarranty and non liability Register of Patents Patents (c) receive and process applications for the registration of utility models and the granting of utility model certificates, in accordance with this Act; (d) act as an elected office for the purposes of an international preliminary examination, in accordance with the Patent Cooperation Treaty; and (e) perform any other functions as are necessary or incidental to the carrying out of its functions under this Act. 8. The Board shall appoint assistant registrars, such number of examiners and other officers as may be necessary for carrying out the provisions of this Act and who shall, subject to the control of the Registrar, have all the powers conferred by this Act on the Registrar. 9. An examination, investigation or any act undertaken, in accordance with this Act, shall not warrant the validity of such examination, investigation or act and no liability shall be incurred by any member of the Board, Registrar, examiner or any other officer by reason of, or in connection with, any examination, investigation, act or other consequent proceeding. 10. (1) The Agency shall establish and maintain a Register of Patents in which shall be entered— (a) particulars of patents and patentees; (b) particulars of utility models and owners of the utility model; (c) notices of matters which are required, in accordance with this Act, to be entered in the Register; and (d) such other matters affecting the validity or ownership of patents and utility models, as may be prescribed. (2) The Register may be established in non-electronic or electronic form or partly in electronic form. (3) Where the Register is kept wholly or partly in electronic form, reference in this Act to— (a) an entry in the Register shall include reference to a record of particulars kept in electronic form; (b) particulars being entered in the Register shall include references to the keeping of records in electronic form; and (c) the rectification of the Register shall include references to the rectification of the record of particulars kept in electronic form.