proceedings. 28. Power of Registrar to extend time-limits. PART VII APPEALS AND REFERENCES 29. Appeals from decisions of Registrar. 30. Time for appeals. 31. Powers of Tribunal on appeal. 32. References to Tribunal by Registrar. 33. Costs of Registrar. 34. Certification of validity of registration. PART VIII OFFENCES AND PENALTIES 35. Falsification of certain documents. 36. Deceiving or influencing Registrar or officer. 37. Witness giving false evidence before Registrar. PART IX EVIDENCE 38. Register to be evidence of entries therein. 39. Evidence of certain entries and documents. PART X GENERAL 40. Recognition of agents. 41. Lodging and authentication of documents. 42. Provisions as to fees. 43. Publication of matters in Journal. 44. Regulations. 45. Saving of right to use certain descriptions, names or trade marks. 46. Act not to be construed as limiting other laws preventing misuse of geographical indications. 47. Transitional provisions. ACT To provide for the protection and registration of geographical indications and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. ENACTED by the President and the Parliament of Zimbabwe. [Date of commencement: 1st March, 2002.] PART I PRELIMINARY 1 Short title and date of commencement This Act may be cited as the Geographical Indications Act [Chapter 26:06]. 2 Interpretation In this Act— “area” includes a country, region, locality or place; “Controller” means the Controller of Patents, Trade Marks and Industrial Designs referred to in paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 3 of the Patents Act [Chapter 26:03]; “geographical indication” means an indication, however expressed, which identifies a product as originating in a particular area, where some quality, reputation or other characteristic of the product is essentially attributable to its geographical origin; “Journal” means the Patents and Trade Marks Journal published in terms of section 95 of the Patents Act [Chapter 26:03]; “Minister” means the Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs or any other Minister to whom the President may, from time to time, assign the administration of this Act; “misleading geographical indication” means a geographical indication that is misleading as described in section three;