The Trademarks (Amendment) Act

Trademarks (Amendment) ( No. 2 of 2010 7
GOVERNMENT OF ZAMBIA
ACT
No. 2 of 2010
Date of Assent: 12th April, 2010
An Act to amend the Trade Marks Act. [16th April, 2010
ENACTED by the Parliament of Zambia. Enactment
This Act may be cited as the Trade Marks (Amendment) Short title
Act, 2010, and shall be read as one with the Trade Marks Act, in Cap. 401
this Act referred to as the principal Act. Section two of the principal Act is amended— Amendment
of section
by the insertion in the appropriate place of the following 2
new definition:
" Agency " means the Patents and Companies
Registration Agency established under section
three of the Patents and Companies Registration
Agency Act, 2010;;
by the deletion of the definition of "Trade Marks Office";
and
(c) by the deletion of the definition of " Registrar " and the
substitution therefor of the following definition:
" Registrar " means the person appointed as
Registrar under section fourteen of the Patents
and Companies Registration AgencyAct, 2010;. The principal Act is amended by the repeal of section three
and the substitution therefor of the following new section:
3. This Act shall be administered by the Agency.

is amended by the repeal of section three
and the substitution therefor of the following new section:
3. This Act shall be administered by the Agency.

The principal Act is amended by the repeal of section four
and the substitution therefor of the following:
Act No. 15
of 2010
Act No. 15
of 2010
Repeal and
replacement
of section 3
Administration
of Act
Repeal and
replacement
of section 4
Single copies of this Act may be obtained from the Government Printer
P.O. Box 30136, 10101 Lusaka, Price K1, 000

Repeal and
replacement
of section 4
Single copies of this Act may be obtained from the Government Printer
P.O. Box 30136, 10101 Lusaka, Price K1, 000

8 [ No. 2 of 2010 Trademarks (Amendment)
Seal 4. (1) The seal of the Agency kept in terms of the Patents
Act No 15 of and Companies Registration Agency Act, 2010, shall be used
2010 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. 5. The principal Act is amended by the repeal of section five
and the substitution therefor of the following new section:
Registrar and
other staff
Act No. 15 of
2010
Amendment
of section 81
General
amendment of
Act
5. (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.

erms and
conditions as it may determine, examiners and such other
staff as it considers necessary for the performance of its
functions under this Act.

Section eighty-one of the principal Act is amended in
subsection (1) by the insertion immediately after the word "may"
of the words "on the recommendation of the Agency,". The principal Act is amended by the deletion of the words
"Trade Marks Office" and "Patent Office" wherever they appear
and the substitution therefor of the word "Agency". Repeal and
replacement
of section 5