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Government Gazette 25 August 2016
Act No. 8, 2016
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BUSINESS AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
AUTHORITY ACT, 2016
Reports by Registrar
Prohibition of disclosure of confidential information
Claim of confidentiality
Limitation of liability
Delegation of powers and assignment of functions
Offences
Regulations
Transitional and savings provisions
Amendment of laws
Short title and commencement
SCHEDULE 1: Applicable Legislation
SCHEDULE 2: Amendment of Laws
BE IT ENACTED as passed by the Parliament, and assented to by the President, of the
Republic of Namibia as follows:
PART 1
PRELIMINARY
Definitions
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In this Act, unless the context otherwise indicates -
“applicable legislation” means a legislation listed in Schedule 1;
“BIPA” means the Business and Intellectual Property Authority established by section
3;
“Board” means the Board of BIPA constituted in terms of section 8;
“business” means a company and corporation;
“Chief Executive Officer” means the Chief Executive Officer of BIPA appointed under
section 16;
“Close Corporations Act” means the Close Corporations Act, 1988 (Act No. 26 of 1988);
“committee” means a committee of the Board established under section 13;
“company” means a company as defined in section 1 of the Companies Act;
“Companies Act” means the Companies Act, 2004 (Act No. 28 of 2004);
“corporation” means a corporation as defined in section 1 of the Close Corporations
Act;
“copyright” means copyright as defined in section 1 of the Copyright and Neighbouring
Rights Protection Act, 1994 (Act No. 6 of 1994);
“intellectual property” means the industrial property and copyright;
“Industrial Property Act” means the Industrial Property Act, 2012 (Act No. 1 of 2012);