302 No. 6 of 2016] Interpretation Act No. 15 of 2010 2. Layout-designs of Integrated Circuits (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— “Agency” means the Patents and Companies Registration Agency established under the Patents and Companies Registration Agency Act, 2010; “appropriate institution” means any Ministry having responsibility for, or such public or statutory officer or body having powers under any other law over, the regulation, collection, use, compilation or dissemination of information in relation to layout-designs or topographies of integrated circuits; Act No. 15 of 2010 “Board” means the Board of the Agency constituted in accordance with the Patents and Companies Registration Agency Act, 2010; “commercially exploit” in relation to a layout-design, a copy of the layout-design or an integrated circuit in which the layout-design is incorporated, whether or not the integrated circuit is contained in another article, means to— (a) sell, let for hire or otherwise distribute by way of trade; (b) offer or expose for sale or hire or other distribution by way of trade; or (c) import for the purpose of sale, letting for hire or other distribution by way of trade; and “commercially exploited”, “commercially exploiting” and “commercial exploitation” shall be construed accordingly; “compulsory licence” means a licence granted by the Registrar in accordance with, and for the purposes stated in, section thirty-nine; “creator” means a person who came up with the layout-design for an integrated circuit a computer; “examiner” means an officer who determines whether or not a layout-design should be registered in accordance with section fifteen; “exclusive licence” means a licence, in writing, signed by or on behalf of a qualified owner authorising the licensee, to the exclusion of all other persons, including the person granting the licence, to exercise a right that would otherwise be exercisable exclusively by the qualified owner, and