110 No. 15 of 2010]
Cap. 30
Patents and Companies Registration
Agency
"appointed date" means such date as the Minister may appoint
under section one;
"Assistant Registrar" means a person appointed as Assistant
Registrar under section fifteen;
"Board" means the Board of the Agency constituted under
section six;
"Chairperson" means the person appointed as Chairperson
under section six;
"Department" means the offices of the Registrar of
Companies, Registrar of Registered Business Names,
Registrar of Patents, Registrar of Trade Marks and
Registrar of Registered Designs;
"legal practitioner" has the meaning assigned to it in the Legal
Practitioners Act;
"Registrar" means the person appointed as Registrar under
section fourteen; and
"Vice-Chairperson" means the person appointed as ViceChairperson under section six.
PART II
T HE P ATENTS AND C OMPANIES REGISTRATION A GENCY
Establishment
of Agency
Seal of
Agency
There is hereby established the Patents and Companies
Registration Agency which shall be a body corporate with perpetual
succession and a common seal, capable of suing and of being sued
in its corporate name, and with the power, subject to the provisions
of this Act, to do all such acts and things as a body corporate may,
by law, do or perform.
(1) The seal of the Agency shall be such device as may
be determined by the Agency and shall be kept by the Registrar.
The affixing of the seal shall be authenticated by the
Chairperson or the Vice-Chairperson and the Registrar or one other
person authorised in that behalf by a resolution of the Board:
Provided that where the Agency is registering industrial
property rights or registering or incorporating any company,
firm or business entity, the affixing of the seal shall be
authenticated by the Registrar.
Any contract or instrument which, if entered into or
executed by a person not being a body corporate, would not be
required to be under seal, may be entered into or executed without
seal on behalf of the Agency by the Registrar or any other person
generally or specifically authorised by the Board in that behalf.