(ii)
the fees to be charged by the Office and the details of the distribution
of part of those fees among the Contracting States.
SECTION 6
Entry Into Force and Final Provisions
(1) (a) Any State which is a member of the Organization or any State to which
membership of the Organization is open in accordance with Article IV (1) of the
Agreement on the Creation of the Creation of the African Regional Property
Organization may become party to this Protocol by—
(i)
signature followed by the deposit of an instrument of ratification; or
(ii)
deposit of an instrument of accession.
(b) Instruments of ratification or accession shall be deposited with the Government
of the Republic of Zimbabwe.
(c) This Protocol shall enter into force three months after three States have deposited
their instruments of ratification or accession.
(d) Any State which is not party to this Protocol upon its entry into force under
subsection (1) (c) of this Section shall become bound by this Protocol three months
after the date on which such State deposits its instrument of ratification or accession.
(2) (a) Ratification of, or accession to, this Protocol shall entail acceptance of the
Agreement on the Creation of the Creation of the African Regional Property
Organization.
(b) The deposit of an instrument of ratification of, or accession to, this Protocol by a
State which is not a party to the Agreement referred to in paragraph (a) of this
subsection shall have the effect that the said State shall become party to the said
Agreement on the date on which it deposits its instrument of ratification of, or
accession to, this Protocol.
(3) (a) Any Contracting State may denounce this Protocol by notification addressed
to the Government of the Republic of Zimbabwe.
(b) Denunciation shall take effect six months after receipt of the said notification by
the Government of the Republic of Zimbabwe. It shall not affect any patent
application or application for the registration of an industrial design filed with the
Office prior to the expiration of the said six-month period or any patent granted or
registration of an industrial design effected upon such an application.
(4) (a) This Protocol shall be signed in a single copy and shall be deposited with the
Government of the Republic of Zimbabwe.
(b) The Government of the Republic of Zimbabwe shall transmit certified copies of
this Protocol to the Contracting States, other States members of the African Regional
Industrial Property Organization, and the States to which membership of the
Organization is open in accordance with Article IV (1) of the Agreement on the
Creation of the Creation of the African Regional Property Organization, the World
Intellectual Property Organization and the United Nations Economic Commission for
Africa.
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