10 No. of 2013] Medicines and Allied Substances this Act and is hereby renamed the Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority. Continuation and re-naming of Pharmaceutical Regulatory Authority Act No. 14 of 2004 (2) The Authority shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal, capable of suing and of being sued in its corporate name, and with power, subject to the provisions of this Act, to do all such acts and things as a body corporate may, by law, do or perform. (3) The provisions of the First Schedule apply to the Authority. 4. (1) The seal of the Authority shall be such device as may be determined by the Authority and shall be kept by the DirectorGeneral. Seal of Authority (2) The affixing of the seal shall be authenticated by the Chairperson or the Vice Chairperson and the Director-General or any other person authorised in that behalf by a resolution of the Board. (3) Any contract or instrument which if entered into or executed by a person not being a body corporate, would not be required to be under seal, may be entered into or executed without seal on behalf of the Authority by the Director-General or any other person generally or specifically authorised by the Board in that behalf. (4) Any document purporting to be a document under the seal of the Authority or issued on behalf of the Authority shall be received in evidence and shall be deemed to be so executed or issued, as the case may be, without further proof, unless the contrary is proved. 5. Functions of Authority The functions of the Authority are to— (a) grant pharmaceutical licences and marketing authorisations; (b) inspect any premises used for the purpose of manufacturing, distribution, sale, importation or exportation of medicines or allied substances or for any other purposes regulated under this Act; (c) regulate and control the manufacture, importation, exportation, distribution and sale of medicines and allied substances; (d) regulate and control the advertising and promotion of medicines and allied substances; (e) register and regulate pharmacies, health shops and agroveterinary shops; (f) in consultation with the relevant professional bodies, establish, maintain and develop standards for the operation of pharmacies, health shops and agro-