Patents [No. 40 of 2016 117. The Registrar may remove, from the register of patent agents, the name of an agent, on being satisfied that the agent— (a) has been declared to be of unsound mind by a court of competent jurisdiction; (b) has died; (c) is an undischarged bankrupt; (d) has been convicted of fraud, forgery or uttering a forged document; (e) has been entered in the register of patent agents in error or by misrepresentation; (f) has been removed from the roll of practitioners; or (g) has applied to the Registrar to be removed from the register of patent agents. 118. The Registrar may, on application with sufficient cause being shown and on payment of the prescribed fee, restore, onto the register of patent agents, the name of a person who was removed from the register. 119. Subject to this Act, the Registrar may refuse to deal with a person who is not registered as a patent agent but is engaged in applying for patents outside Zambia in the name or for the benefit of a person by whom the person is employed. PART XVII OFFENCES 120. (1) A person commits an offence if the person makes a die, block, machine or instrument— (a) knowing that it is likely to be used for, or in the course of committing an offence against a patent; or (b) whether or not it is likely to be used for, or in the course of, committing an offence against patent. (2) A person commits an offence if the person possesses or disposes of— (a) a die, block, machine or instrument; or (b) a representation of a patent knowing that, or reckless of whether or not, the die, block, machine, instrument, computer, device or representation is likely to be used for, or in the course of, committing an offence. (3) For the purposes of subsection (1), strict liability shall apply to the physical element of the offence. 851 Removal of patent agent from register Restoration of patent agent Refusal by Registrar to deal with certain agents Manufacture and possession of die for use in commission of offence