Patents and Companies Registration Agency [No. 15 of 2010 109 GOVERNMENT OF ZAMBIA ACT No. 15 of 2010 Date of Assent: 13th April, 2010 ENTITLED An Act to establish the Patents and Companies Registration Agency; provide for the functions of the Agency; transfer from the Government to the Agency the functions and the powers of the offices of the Registrar of Companies, Registrar of Registered Business Names, Registrar of Patents, Registrar of Trade Marks and Registrar of Registered Designs; and provide for matters connected with, or incidental to, the foregoing. [16th April, 2010 ENACTED by the Parliament of Zambia. Enactment PART I P RELIMINARY This Act may be cited as the Patents and Companies Registration Agency Act, 2010, and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by statutory instrument, appoint. (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— "Agency" means the Patents and Companies Registration Agency established under section three; Short title and commencement Interpretation