Patents and Companies Registration Agency [No. 15 of 2010 111 Any document purporting to be a document under the seal of the Agency or issued on behalf of the Agency shall be received in evidence and shall be executed or issued, as the case may be, without any further proof, unless the contrary is proved. On the commencement of this Act, any impression of a seal made for the purposes of the Acts administered by the Agency under section five before the commencement of this Act shall be deemed to be an impression of the seal of the Agency. 5. (1) The functions of the Agency are to— administer the Companies Act, the Registration of Business Names Act, the Patents Act, the Trade Marks Act, the Registered Designs Act, and the Companies (Certificates Validation) Act; receive and investigate any complaint of alleged or suspected breach of this Act or the Acts referred to in paragraph (a) and, subject to the directives of the Director of Public Prosecutions, prosecute offences under those Acts; collect, collate and disseminate information on the law relating to the Acts referred to in paragraph (a); advise Government on all matters pertaining to the Acts referred to in paragraph (a); and (e) do all such other things as are necessary or incidental to the performance of its functions under this Act. (2) The Agency may— determine and levy fees that the Agency considers necessary to finance its activities under this Act; and determine what portion of any fee is payable in respect of any part of a year and the date on which the fee or portion thereof is payable. 6. (1) There is hereby constituted the Board of the Agency which shall be the governing body of the Agency and shall exercise and perform the powers and functions of the Agency. (2) The Board shall consist of the following part-time members appointed by the Minister: a representative of the Ministry responsible for commerce; a representative of the Attorney- General; an accountant registered with the Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants; a representative of the Zambia Association of Chambers of Commerce and Industry; Functions of Agency Cap. 388 Cap. 389 Cap 400 Cap. 401 Cap. 402 Cap. 414 Board of Agency

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