Patents [CAP.400 11 (a) particulars of patents in force, of assignments and trans­ missions of patents and of licences. under patents; and .(b) notice of all matters which are required by or under this Act to be entered in the register and of such other matters affecting the validity or proprietorship of patents as. the Registrar thinks fit. . (2) A11 registers of patents established and kept under the Patents (Southern Rhodesia) Act, Chapter 208 of the 1948 Edition of the Laws, or the Registration of United Kingdom Patents Act, Chapter 205 of the 1957 Edition of the Laws (hereinafter in this section referred to as "such legislation") shall, under arrangements made by the Registrar with the approval of (he Minister, be incorporated with and form part of the register established under subsection (1), so, however, that such arrangements shall in no way be deemed to extend the term and effect of any patent registered in such registers beyond the term and effect provided in respect ofsuch patent by such legislation unds- which it was granted. (3) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the register of patents shall, at all convenient times, be open to inspection by the public, and certified copies, sealed with the seal of the Patent Office, of any entry in the register shall be given to any person requiring them on pay­ rnent of the prescribed fee. r . (4 The register of patents shall be prima facie evidence of any matters required or authorised by or under this Act to be entered therein. (5) No notice of any trust, whether expressed, implied or con­ structive, shall be entered in the register, and the Registrar shall not be affected by any such notice. PART III INTERNATIONAL PROVISIONS 7. If the Republic accedes to the Convention and any revision thereof as a country of the Union for the Protection of Industrial Property constituted thereunder, the *Minister shall, by Gazette notice, declare that Zambia has become such a country with effect from the date stated in such notice. (As amended by G.N. No. 185 of 1964 and S.l. No. 175 of 1965) • Republic 01 Zambia declared to be a country of the Union with effect from 24th October, ,964. by G.N. No. 1751 of 1965. Convention arrangements