No. 4907
Government Gazette 23 March 2012
Act No. 1, 2012
109
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY ACT, 2012
(3)
The Registrar must permit an agent to do on behalf of the person
for whom such agent has been appointed as an agent, any act in connection with any
registration or application under this Act or any related proceedings, except that no
person other than a person as contemplated in subsection (4) read with section 212 may
be permitted so to act.
(4)
An agent is –
(a)
a legal practitioner resident and practising in Namibia in accordance
with the Legal Practitioners’ Act, 1995 (Act No. 15 of 1995); or
(b)
a person registered by the Registrar as an agent as provided in section
212.
Registration of agents
212. (1)
The Registrar must keep a register of agents in which the name
of every person registered by the Registrar in terms of subsection (2) must be recorded,
and the register must contain such information concerning such agents as prescribed.
(2)
The Registrar must, on application in the prescribed manner and on
payment to the Registrar of the prescribed fee, register as an agent –
(a)
a person who produces proof that he or she has been authorised under
any law repealed under section 239 to act as an agent for purposes of
representing an applicant under such repealed law, and who is deemed
to have been authorised to act as an agent under this Act;
(b)
a person who produces proof to the satisfaction of the Registrar that
he or she holds a qualification recognised by the Minister through
regulations made under section 236 as being a suitable qualification to
enable such person to act as an agent; or
(c)
a person residing in Namibia who produces proof of passing the
examination prescribed by the Minister.
Removal of names from register of agents
213.
(1)
The Registrar may, at the request of an agent and after notice as
prescribed, remove from the register of agents the name of that agent.
(2)
The Tribunal or court may, on the application of the Registrar or any
other interested party, after notice as prescribed to the person concerned, who is entitled
to be heard, remove the name of any person registered or deemed to be registered as an
agent under section 214 from the register of agents if the Tribunal or court is satisfied
that such person is –
(a)
guilty of conduct as the Tribunal or court may consider sufficient to
justify such removal; or