Patents and Companies Registration
Agency
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Any document purporting to be a document under the seal
of the Agency or issued on behalf of the Agency shall be received
in evidence and shall be executed or issued, as the case may be,
without any further proof, unless the contrary is proved.
On the commencement of this Act, any impression of a
seal made for the purposes of the Acts administered by the Agency
under section five before the commencement of this Act shall be
deemed to be an impression of the seal of the Agency.
5. (1) The functions of the Agency are to—
administer the Companies Act, the Registration of Business
Names Act, the Patents Act, the Trade Marks Act, the
Registered Designs Act, and the Companies (Certificates
Validation) Act;
receive and investigate any complaint of alleged or
suspected breach of this Act or the Acts referred to in
paragraph (a) and, subject to the directives of the Director
of Public Prosecutions, prosecute offences under those
Acts;
collect, collate and disseminate information on the law
relating to the Acts referred to in paragraph (a);
advise Government on all matters pertaining to the Acts
referred to in paragraph (a); and
(e) do all such other things as are necessary or incidental to
the performance of its functions under this Act.
(2) The Agency may—
determine and levy fees that the Agency considers
necessary to finance its activities under this Act; and
determine what portion of any fee is payable in respect of
any part of a year and the date on which the fee or
portion thereof is payable.
6.
(1) There is hereby constituted the Board of the Agency
which shall be the governing body of the Agency and shall exercise
and perform the powers and functions of the Agency.
(2) The Board shall consist of the following part-time members
appointed by the Minister:
a representative of the Ministry responsible for commerce;
a representative of the Attorney- General;
an accountant registered with the Zambia Institute of
Chartered Accountants;
a representative of the Zambia Association of Chambers
of Commerce and Industry;
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