69. Appeals from Registrar. 70. Time for appeals. 71. Powers of Tribunal on appeal. 72. References to Tribunal by Registrar. PART XI INTERNATIONAL ARRANGEMENTS 79. Convention countries. 80. Supplementary provisions as to Convention applications. 81. Special provisions as to vessels, aircraft and land vehicles. 82. Protocol on Patents and Industrial Designs. 82A. Patent Co-operation Treaty. 83. Protection of inventions communicated under international agreements. PART XII OFFENCES AND PENALTIES 84. Falsification of certain documents. 85. Deceiving or influencing Registrar or other officer. 86. Witness giving false evidence. 87. Prohibition on trafficking in patents by officers. 88. Unauthorized claim of patent right. 89. Unauthorized use of certain words. 90. ...... [repealed by Act 22 of 2001, with effect from the 20th May, 2002.] PART XIII GENERAL 91. Lodging and authentication of documents. 92. Expenses of administration. 93. Provisions as to fees. 94. Saving for certain forfeitures. 95. Patent and Trade Marks Journal. 96. Power to make regulations. 97. ...... [repealed by Act 9 of 2002 with effect from the 20th December, 2002.] SCHEDULE: Protocol. AN ACT to consolidate and amend the law relating to patents; and to provide for matters incidental to or connected with the foregoing. [Date of commencement: 1st February, 1972.] PART I PRELIMINARY 1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Patents Act [Chapter 26:03]. 2 Interpretation (1) In this Act— “applicant” includes a person in whose favour a direction has been given under section eighteen or his legal representative; “appointed day” means the 1st February, 1972; “article” includes any substance or material and any equipment, machinery or apparatus, whether affixed to land or not; “assignee”, in relation to an invention, means— (a) a person who has derived his title to the invention for Zimbabwe directly or indirectly from the inventor thereof or from the latter’s assignee; or (b) the legal representative of a person referred to in paragraph (a); “Controller” means the Controller of Patents, Trade Marks and Industrial Designs appointed in terms of paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section three; “Convention application” means an application made by a person referred to in