2 Government Gazette 23 March 2012 Act No. 1, 2012 No. 4907 INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY ACT, 2012 ACT To provide for the establishment of an Industrial Property Office and the appointment of a Registrar of industrial property; to provide for the grant, protection and administration of patents and utility model certificates; to provide for the registration, protection and administration of industrial designs; to provide for the registration, protection and administration of trade marks, collective marks, certification marks and trade names; to provide for the registration of industrial property agents; to provide for the establishment of an Industrial Property Tribunal; and to provide for incidental matters. (Signed by the President on 28 February 2012) ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS CHAPTER 1 PRELIMINARY AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS PART 1 PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS Section 1. General definitions PART 2 INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY OFFICE 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Establishment of Industrial Property Office Functions of Office Registrar and other staff Functions and powers of Registrar Seal of Office Register of industrial property Inspection of records Bulletin of industrial property Restrictions regarding officials Immunity for official acts CHAPTER 2 PATENTS PART 1 PATENTS FOR INVENTIONS 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. Definitions and interpretation Patentable inventions Novelty, inventive step and industrial application Inventive step Industrial application