Patents [No. 40 of 2016 THE PATENTS ACT, 2016 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS PART I PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS Section 1. Short title and commencement 2. Interpretation 3. Act to bind Republic PART II ADMINISTRATION 4. Administration of Act 5. Seal of Agency 6. Registrar 7. Functions of Agency 8. Appointment of other staff 9. Non-warranty and non liability 10. Register of Patents 11. Rectification of Register 12. Inspection of Register and evidentiary proof 13. Regulations on registration processes and procedures 14. Industrial Property Journal 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. PART III PATENTABILITY OF INVENTIONS Conditions for patenting of invention and protection Non-patentable subject matter Exclusions from patentability Novelty Inventive step Industrial application Patentability of micro-biological process or product Temporary exclusion from patent protection PART IV PROCESS FOR OBTAINING A PATENT 23. Persons entitled to apply for grant of patent 24. Application by joint inventors Single copies of this Act may be obtained from the Government Printer, P. O. Box 30136, 10101 Lusaka. Price K128.00 each 793