(iv) on request made by an inspector or police officer, he gave to that inspector or police officer all the information in his power with respect to the persons on whose behalf the trade description was applied. 4 Prohibition of sale of goods bearing false trade description (1) Subject to subsection (2), no person shall sell any goods to which a false trade description is applied. (2) It shall be a defence to any charge under subsection (1) if the accused proves that— (a) having taken all reasonable precautions against committing an offence under subsection (1)— (i) he had, at the time of the sale, no reason to suspect the genuineness of the trade description; and (ii) on request made by an inspector or police officer, he gave to that inspector or police officer all the information in his power with respect to the person from whom he obtained such goods; or (b) otherwise he had acted innocently. 5 Prohibition of sale of imported goods unless accompanied by indication of origin (1) Subject to subsection (2), no person shall sell or, for the purpose of advertising goods, distribute in Zimbabwe any goods processed externally or samples of such goods to which there is applied an offending mark unless there is also applied to those goods, in the manner specified in section eight, the name of the country in which those goods were assembled, manufactured, produced or mixed so as to indicate that those goods were assembled, manufactured, produced or mixed, as the case may be, in that country. (2) Subsection (1) shall not have effect in respect of the application of a name or trade mark to— (a) parts or materials of a type suitable only for consumption in a process of manufacture; or (b) articles to be used as coverings; or (c) articles in or with which goods assembled, manufactured, produced or mixed in Zimbabwe are to be sold; if the name or trade mark so applied is the name or trade mark of an assembler, manufacturer, producer or mixer of, or trader in, those goods in Zimbabwe and the name or trade mark is applied with his consent. (3) The Minister may, by statutory instrument, suspend, in relation to any goods or class of goods, the operation of subsection (1). 6 Prohibition of sale of certain local goods unless accompanied by indication of origin (1) No person shall sell or, for the purpose of advertising goods, distribute in Zimbabwe any goods assembled, manufactured, produced or mixed in Zimbabwe or samples of such goods to which there is applied an offending mark unless there is also applied to those goods, in the manner specified in section eight, the name of Zimbabwe so as to indicate that those goods were assembled, manufactured, produced or mixed, as the case may be, in Zimbabwe. (2) The Minister may, by statutory instrument, suspend, in relation to any goods or class of goods, the operation of subsection (1). 7 Prohibition of import of certain goods No person shall import into Zimbabwe any goods which it would be an offence in terms of section five to sell or distribute.

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