Patents [CAP.400 15 making of any application for a patent in respect thereof shall, in such and subject to such conditions or exceptions as may be prescribed 'by the regulations, be presumed to have been in conse­ quence of such a communication as is mentioned in that subsection. cir~mistances (3) The powers of the Minister under this section, so far as they are exercisable for the benefit of persons from whom inventions have been communicated to, the Government by the governmentof any, country, shall only be exercised if and to the extent that the Minister is satisfied that substantially equivalent provision has beenor will be made under the law of that country for the benefit of persons whose inventions have been communicated by the Government to the gov­ ernment of that country. (4) References in subsection (3) to the communication of an invention to or by the Government or the government of any country shall be construed as including references to the communication of the invention by or to any person authorised in that behalf by the government in question. (As amended by GN No. 185 of 1964) lOA. (l) In this section­ (a) "ARIPO" means the African Regional Industrial Property ARIPO Industrial patents -Organisation, formerly known as the Industrial Property Organisanon . for English-Speaking Africa (ESARIPO), which was established, under the former name, by an agreement adopted at Lusaka on 9th December, 1976; and (b) "ARIPO Protocol" means the Protocol on Patents and Industrial Designs within the Framework of ARIPO, adopted at Harare on 10th December, 1982. (2) Where a patent has been granted by ARIPO under section 3 of the ARIPO Protocol and the Registrar has 'notobjected, under section 3 (6) of the Protocol, to the patent having effect in Zambia, the patent shall for all purposes be deemed to have been granted under this Act. (7) (3) A patent shall not be deemed to have been granted under this section if, under section 3 (6) of the ARIPO Protocol, the Registrar objects to its having effect in Zambia. (AI' amended by Act No. 26 of 1987) PART IV ApPLICATIONS GENERALLY 11. Application for a patent for an invention may be made by any of the following persons, that is to say: Persons enti­ tied [0 make application