3. There shall be established under the direction of the Minister an office to be called the Designs Office. Establishment of Designs Office 4. Appointment of officers 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. 5. The seal of the Patent Office kept in terms of the Patents Act shall Seal. also be the seal of the Designs Office, and impressions thereof made for Cap. 400 the purposes of this Act shall be judicially noticed. 6. (1) There shall be kept at the Designs Office for the purposes of this Register of Act a register of designs wherein shall be entered all registered designs 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. (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. (3) The register of designs shall be prima facie evidence of any matters required or authorised by or under this Act to be entered therein. (4) No notice of any trust, whether expressed, implied or constructive, shall be entered in the register, and the Registrar shall not be affected by any such notice.

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