The Laws of Zambia "agent" means an agent duly authorised to the satisfaction of the Registrar; "Office" means the Designs Office; "section" means a section of the Act; "specimen" means an article with the design applied to it; "textile article" means textile piece goods, handkerchiefs and shawls, and includes such other classes of articles of a similar character as the Registrar may from time to time decide. PART II APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF DESIGNS 3. (1) An application for the registration of a design shall be signed by the applicant or his agent. The application shall be in Form No. 1 or No. 2 or, in the case of a design to be applied to a set of articles, in Form No. 3 or No. 4, as the case may be. Form of application (2) Where it is desired to register the same design in respect of more than one article, a separate application shall be made in respect of each article. In that case each application shall be numbered separately and shall be treated as a separate and distinct application. (3) Every application shall state the article to which the design is to be applied and that the applicant claims to be the proprietor thereof. (4) Except in the case of an application to register a design to be applied to a textile article, to wallpaper or to lace, the application shall further be accompanied by a statement of the features of the design for which novelty is claimed. 4. The applicant shall, if required by the Registrar in any case so to do, endorse on each of the representations or specimens a statement satisfactory to the Registrar of the novelty claimed for the design. Endorsement as to novelty 5. If the application is for the registration of a design which has already been registered in respect of one or more articles, or consists of a registered design with modifications or variations not sufficient to alter the character or substantially to affect the identity thereof, and it is desired to claim the protection of section ten for such application, it shall contain the number or numbers of the registration or registrations already effected. Application for registration under section 10 Copyright Ministry of Legal Affairs, Government of the Republic of Zambia