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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