[repealed by Act 22 of 2001, gazetted on the 1st February, 2002.]
PART X
GENERAL
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Recognition of agents
Where by this Act any act has to be done by or to any person in connection with a
design or any procedure relating thereto, the act may be done by or to an agent of that
person duly authorized in the prescribed manner who is—
(a)
a legal practitioner; or
(b)
registered as a patent agent in the Register of Patent Agents kept in
terms of the Patents Act; or
(c)
registered as a trade mark agent in the Register of Trade Mark Agents
kept in terms of the Trade Marks Act [Chapter 26:04].
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Lodging and authentication of documents
(1) Any application, notice or document authorized or required under this Act to be
lodged, made or given at the Designs Office or to the Registrar or to any other person,
may be delivered by hand or sent by registered post.
(2) No authentication shall be required in respect of any document lodged in the
Designs Office under this Act or used in proceedings before the Registrar or the
Tribunal.
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Provisions as to fees
(1) Where, under this Act, a fee is payable—
(a)
in respect of the performance of any act by the Registrar, the Registrar
shall not perform that act until the fee has been paid; or
(b)
in respect of the doing of any act by any person other than the
Registrar, the act shall be deemed not to have been done until the fee has been paid;
or
(c)
in respect of the lodging of a document, the document shall be deemed
not to have been lodged until the fee has been paid.
(2) All fees shall be paid at the Designs Office in such manner as the Registrar, with
the approval of the Minister, may accept.
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Publication of matters in Journal
The Minister may direct the publication by the Registrar in the Journal of any reports
of cases on designs and other relevant matters as the Minister may deem fit.
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Savings
(1) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as authorizing or requiring the Registrar to
register a design the use of which would, in his opinion, be contrary to law or
morality.
(2) Nothing in this Act shall affect the right of the State or of any person deriving title
directly or indirectly from the State to sell or use articles forfeited to the President
under the provisions of any enactment.
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Power to make regulations
(1) The Minister may make regulations prescribing anything which under this Act is
to be prescribed and generally for the better carrying out of the objects and purposes
of this Act or to give force or effect to its provisions or for its better administration.
(2) Regulations made by the Minister may provide for—
(a)
the form of applications for registration of designs and of any
representations or specimens of designs or other documents which may be lodged at
the Designs Office, and for requiring copies to be furnished of any such
representations, specimens or documents;
(b)
the procedure to be followed in connection with any application or
request to the Registrar or any proceedings before him and the authorizing of the
rectification of irregularities of procedure;
(c)
the service of notices and other documents required to be served in
connection with proceedings under this Act;
(d)
a tariff of the fees which shall be payable in respect of any application,