The Laws of Zambia
(2) Any reference in this Act to an article in respect of which a design is registered
shall, in the case of a design registered in respect of a set of articles, be construed as a
reference to any article of that set.
(3) Any question arising under this Act whether a number of articles constitutes a
set of articles shall be determined by the Registrar; and notwithstanding anything in this
Act any determination of the Registrar under this subsection shall be final.
(As amended by G.N. No. 187 of 1964,
S.I. No. 175 of 1965 and No. 16 of 1980)
PART II
ADMINISTRATION
3.
There shall be established under the direction of the Minister an office to be
called the Designs Office.
4.
There shall be-
(a)
a Registrar of Designs who shall exercise the powers and perform the
duties assigned to the Registrar by this Act and shall be responsible for its
administration; and
(b)
one or more Deputy Registrars of Designs who shall, subject to the control
of the Registrar, have all the powers conferred by this Act upon the
Registrar; and
(c)
such examiners and other officers as may be necessary for carrying out the
provisions of this Act.
Establishment of
Designs Office
Appointment of
officers
5. The seal of the Patent Office kept in terms of the Patents Act shall also be the
seal of the Designs Office, and impressions thereof made for the purposes of this Act shall
be judicially noticed.
Seal.
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6. (1) There shall be kept at the Designs Office for the purposes of this Act a
register of designs wherein shall be entered all registered designs with the names and
addresses of their proprietors, notifications of assignments and transmissions, and such
other matters relating to registered designs as may be prescribed or as the Registrar may
think fit.
Register of designs
(2) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the register of designs shall, at all
convenient times, be open to inspection by the public, and certified copies, sealed with the
seal of the Patent Office, of any entry in the register shall be given to any person requiring
them on payment of the prescribed fee.
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