The Laws of Zambia
"uniform" means any article or articles of wearing apparel, including a tie other than
a tie of which the design consists solely of an arrangement of stripes, being
distinctive in design and colour, intended to be used by members of an
association or institution or to be used by such persons as may be
authorised by an association, institution or colours control board;
"use", in relation to a uniform or badge, includes "wear".
(As amended by No. 19 of 1959)
3. The Minister may, by Gazette notice, appoint such persons as he may deem fit
to be the Colours Control Board for the purposes of this Act.
Colours Control Board
4. The Board shall, for the purposes of this Act, cause a register to be kept wherein
shall be entered the particulars referred to in subsection (4) of section eight as well as
particulars of any amendment or deletion of any entry made under this Act.
Keeping of register
5.
Any association or institution may make application to the Board for the
registration of-
Application for
registration of names,
etc.
(a)
the name of the association or institution;
(b)
any special name or designation used by the association or institution for
the members thereof or for the members of any organisation constituted by
the association or institution in pursuance of its rules and regulations;
(c)
any uniform, with or without a badge, used by such association or institution
or authorised by such association or institution to be used by any person; or
(d)
any badge, with or without a uniform, used by such association or institution
or authorised by such association or institution to be used by any person.
6. An application made in terms of section five shall be made in such manner and
contain such information as the Board, subject to the special or general directions of the
Minister, may by rule prescribe and more particularly shall contain an exact and precise
description of the name, special name, designation, uniform or badge sought to be
registered, together with an exact and detailed pictorial representation of the uniform or
badge both in respect to form and colour so as clearly to indicate the precise extent and
limits of the protection applied for.
Form and particulars
of application
7. (1) Before an association or institution makes application in terms of section five,
it shall at its own expense cause notice of the application to be published in the Gazette
and in two newspapers circulating in Zambia.
Publication of notice of
application and
lodging of objections
(2) Such notice shall-
(a)
describe in sufficient detail the particulars to be contained in the application;
and
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