820 No. 40 of 2016] Patents (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to an application which has first been filed in a country outside Zambia by a person not resident in Zambia. (3) A person who contravenes this section commits an offence and is liable, upon conviction, to a fine not exceeding two hundred thousand penalty units or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to both. Information concerning corresponding foreign application 44. (1) A person making an application for the grant of a patent shall fully disclose and provide to the Registrar, accurate and up to date information concerning corresponding foreign applications from the date of filing. (2) Where a person making an application for the grant of a patent fails or neglects to comply with the requirements specified in subsection (1) the Registrar may reject the application or where such failure or neglect is discovered after the patent has been granted, the Registrar may revoke the patent. (3) A person making an application for the grant of a patent shall, at the request of the Registrar, furnish the Registrar with the date and number of any foreign application for a patent or other title of protection filed by the applicant with any other country relating to the same invention as the one claimed in the foreign application for the grant of a patent lodged with the Registrar. (4) A person making an application for the grant of a patent shall, at the request of the Registrar, furnish the Registrar with the following documents relating to any foreign application: (a) a copy of any communication received by the applicant concerning the results of any search or examination carried out in respect of a foreign application and in which publications or other documents establishing the start of the art or prior art are mentioned; (b) a copy of the patent or other title of protection granted on the foreign application; and (c) a copy of any final decision rejecting the foreign application or refusing the grant requested in the application. (5) A person making an application for the grant of a patent shall, at the request of the Registrar, furnish the Registrar with a copy of any decision revoking or invalidating the patent or any other title of protection granted to the applicant on the basis of the foreign application for the grant of a patent.

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