The Patents (Amendment) Act

Patents (Amendment) [No.14 of 2010 105
GOVERNMENT OF ZAMBIA
ACT
No. 14 of 2010
Date of Assent: 13th April, 2010
An Act to amend the Patents Act. [16th April, 2010
ENACTED by the Parliament of Zambia Enactment
This Act may be cited as the Patents (Amendment) Act, 2010, Short title
and shall be read as one with the Patents Act, in_ this Act referred to
as the principal Act. Cap. 400
Section two of the principal Act is amended— Amendment
of section 2
by the insertion in the appropriate place of the following
new definition:
"Agency" means the Patents and Companies
Registration Agency established under section
three of the Patents and Companies Registration
Agency Act, 2010;
in paragraph (c) of the definition of "effective date" by the
deletion ofthe words "Patent Office" and the substitution
therefor of the word "Agency";
by the deletion of the definition "Patent Office";
in the definition of "register" by the deletion of the words
"Patent Office" and the substitution therefor of the word
"Agency"; and
(e) by the deletion of the definition of "Registrar" and the
substitution therefor of the following:
Act No.

tution therefor of the word
"Agency"; and
(e) by the deletion of the definition of "Registrar" and the
substitution therefor of the following:
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15
of 2010
Single Copies of this Act may be obtained from the Government Printer,
P.O. Box 30136, 10101 Lusaka. K1,000 each

15
of 2010
Single Copies of this Act may be obtained from the Government Printer,
P.O. Box 30136, 10101 Lusaka. K1,000 each

106 [ No. 14 of 2010 Patents (Amendment)
Act No. 15
of 2010
Repeal and
replacement
of section 3
" Registrar " means the person appointed as Registrar under
sectionfourteen of the Patents and Companies Registration
Agency Act, 2010;. 3. The principal Act is amended by the repeal of section three
and the substitution therefor of the following:
Adminislation 3. This Act shall be administered by the Agency. of Act
Repeal and 4. The principal Act is amended by the repeal of sectionrepiacement
ofsection 4 four and the substitution therefor of the following:
(1) The Registrar shall exercise the powers and perform the
duties assigned to the Registrar by this Act and the Patents and
Companies Registration Agency Act, 2010. (2) The Agency may appoint, on such terms and conditions as
it may determine, examiners and such other staff as it considers
necessary for the performance of its functions under this Act. The principal Act is amended by the repeal of section five
and the substitution therefor of the following:
5.

ormance of its functions under this Act. The principal Act is amended by the repeal of section five
and the substitution therefor of the following:
5.

(1) The seal of the Agency kept in terms of the Patents
and Companies Registration Agency Act, 2010, shall be used
for the purposes of this Act and the impression thereof made
for such purposes shall be judicially noticed. (2) On the commencement of this Act, any impression of a seal
made for the purposes of this Act before the commencement of this
Act shall be deemed to be an impression of the seal of the Agency. 6. The principal Act is amended by the deletion of the words
"Patent Office" wherever they appear and the substitution therefor
of the word "Agency". Registrar
Act No. 15
of 2010
Repeal and
replacement
of section 5
Seal
Act No. 15
of 2010
General
amendment
of Act