Patents
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(a) particulars of patents in force, of assignments and trans
missions of patents and of licences. under patents; and
.(b) notice of all matters which are required by or under this Act
to be entered in the register and of such other matters
affecting the validity or proprietorship of patents as. the
Registrar thinks fit.
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(2) A11 registers of patents established and kept under the Patents
(Southern Rhodesia) Act, Chapter 208 of the 1948 Edition of the
Laws, or the Registration of United Kingdom Patents Act, Chapter
205 of the 1957 Edition of the Laws (hereinafter in this section
referred to as "such legislation") shall, under arrangements made by
the Registrar with the approval of (he Minister, be incorporated with
and form part of the register established under subsection (1), so,
however, that such arrangements shall in no way be deemed to
extend the term and effect of any patent registered in such registers
beyond the term and effect provided in respect ofsuch patent by such
legislation unds- which it was granted.
(3) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the register of patents
shall, at all convenient times, be open to inspection by the public, and
certified copies, sealed with the seal of the Patent Office, of any entry
in the register shall be given to any person requiring them on pay
rnent of the prescribed fee.
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. (4 The register of patents shall be prima facie evidence of any
matters required or authorised by or under this Act to be entered
therein.
(5) No notice of any trust, whether expressed, implied or con
structive, shall be entered in the register, and the Registrar shall not
be affected by any such notice.
PART III
INTERNATIONAL PROVISIONS
7. If the Republic accedes to the Convention and any revision
thereof as a country of the Union for the Protection of Industrial
Property constituted thereunder, the *Minister shall, by Gazette
notice, declare that Zambia has become such a country with effect
from the date stated in such notice.
(As amended by G.N. No. 185 of 1964
and S.l. No. 175 of 1965)
• Republic 01 Zambia declared to be a country of the Union with effect from 24th
October, ,964. by G.N. No. 1751 of 1965.
Convention
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