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Government Gazette 23 March 2012
Act No. 1, 2012
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INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY ACT, 2012
not a fit and proper person to continue to practise as an agent.
Entitlement to practice
214.
(1)
(a)
practise as an agent; or
(b)
in any manner hold himself or herself out as an agent or use any words
or any name, title or description indicating, or calculated to lead persons
to infer, that he or she is an agent or is recognised as such by law,
A person may not -
unless he or she
(i)
is registered as an agent under section 212 and his or her name has not
been removed as contemplated in section 213; or
(ii)
is a legal practitioner as contemplated in section 211(4)(a); or
(iii)
practises in partnership with a person who is registered as an agent
under section 212.
(2)
A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and on
conviction is liable to a fine not exceeding N$ 10 000 or to imprisonment for a period
not exceeding 24 months or to both the fine and imprisonment.
PART 3
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY TRIBUNAL AND APPEALS
Industrial Property Tribunal
215. (1)
Property Tribunal.
There is established a tribunal to be known as the Industrial
(2)
The Tribunal consists of three members, appointed by the Minister
after consultation with the Minister responsible for justice, of whom
(a)
one must be a person with legal qualifications and who has been
practising law for a period of not less than five years, and who will be
the chairperson; and
(b)
two are persons who have skills, knowledge or experience in intellectual
property matters, economical or financial matters.
(3)
The Minister must, by regulation, prescribe the terms and conditions of
appointment of members of the Tribunal, the remuneration to be paid to such members,
the termination of such appointments and the filling of vacancies vacated by such
members.
(4)
Despite the provisions of this section, the judge-president of the court,
at the request of the Minister, may, pending the appointment of members of the Tribunal