60 CAP. 400] Cap. 41 Patents ferred upon commissioners by the Inquiries Act and the provisions of that Act shall, mutatis mutandis, apply in relation to the hearing and determination of any matter before the Registrar under this Act and to any person summoned to give evidence or giving evidence before him. (As amended by G.N. No. 185 of 1964) Advertise­ ments to be approved by Registrar 66. No advertisement or notice, other than a notice issued under the authority of the President or the Minister, shall be published by any person under the provisions of this Act unless it is in the pre­ scribed form and the Registrar has approved the contents of such advertisement or notice, and no advertisement or notice which has not been so approved shall have any force or effect for the purposes of this Act. (As amended by G.N. No. 185 of 1964) PART X PATENT AGENTS Patent agents and their functions 67. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, a patent agent may act as agent on behalf of any person in connection with any matter or proceeding before the Registrar under this Act and may draw and sign all documents and make all communications between an appli­ cant and the Patent Office and may represent an applicant at all atten­ dances before the Registrar. (2) A patent agent shall not be guilty of an offence under the pro­ visions of any written law in force in Zambia prohibiting the prepa­ ration for reward of certain documents by persons not legally quali­ fied, by reason only of the preparation by him of any document relat­ ing to patents for use in the Patent Office or required in any pro­ ceedings under this Act before the Registrar or the High Court. (As amended by G.N. No. 185 of 1964 and Act No. 18 of 1980) Qualification and registra­ tion of patent agents 68. (1) The Registrar shall keep a register of patent agents in which the name of every person, immediately upon his being accepted for registration, shall be registered, showing against his name such particulars as the Registrar shall from time to time deem necessary, and the Registrar shall enter in such register of patent agents all changes relating to registrations. (2) Any person ordinarily resident in Zambia who­ (a) has passed the prescribed examinations; (!?) produces proof that he is a Fellow in good standing of the Chartered Institute of Patent Agents, incorporated by Royal Charter on the 11th August, 1891;

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