'Registrar of Designs' means the registrar of designs appointed in terms of
the Designs Act, 1993 (Act 195 of 1993);
'Registrar of Patents' means the registrar of patents appointed in terms of
the Patents Act, 1978 (Act 57 of 1978);
'Registrar of Trade Marks' means the registrar of trade marks appointed in
terms of the Trade Marks Act, 1993 (Act 194 of 1993);
'Register of Designs' in Part 4 means the register of designs kept under the
Bophuthatswana Act, the Transkei Act or the Venda Act, as the case may be,
and 'records' pertaining to those registers has a corresponding meaning;
'Register of Patents' in Part 3 means the register of patents kept under the
Bophuthatswana Act, the Transkei Act or the Venda Act, as the case may be,
and 'records' pertaining to those registers has a corresponding meaning;
'Register of Trade Marks' in Part 5 means the register of trade marks kept
under the Bophuthatswana Act, the Transkei Act or the Venda Act, as the
case may be, and 'records' pertaining to those registers has a corresponding
meaning;
'Republic' means the Republic of South Africa as constituted on 27 April
1994;
'South African Act' in Part 3 means the Patents Act, 1978 (Act 57 of 1978),
in Part 4 means the Designs Act, 1993 (Act 195 of 1993), in Part 5 means the
Trade Marks Act, 1993 (Act 194 of 1993), and in Part 6 means the Copyright
Act, 1978 (Act 98 of 1978), and 'South African Acts' means all those Acts,
collectively;
'Territorial Acts' means the Bophuthatswana Acts, Ciskei Acts, Transkei
Acts and Venda Acts collectively;
'Trade Marks Office' means the trade marks office contemplated in the
Trade Marks Act, 1993 (Act 194 of 1993);
'Transkei' means the former Republic of Transkei as constituted on 26 April
1994;
'Transkei Act' in Part 3 means the Patents Act, 1952 (Act 37 of 1952), in Part
4 means the Designs Act, 1967 (Act 57 of 1967), in Part 5 means the Trade
Marks Act, 1963 (Act 62 of 1963), and in Part 6 means the Copyright Act,
1965 (Act 63 of 1965), all as effective in Transkei, and 'Transkei Acts' means
all those Acts, collectively;
'Venda' means the former Republic of Venda as constituted on 26 April 1994;
'Venda Act' in Part 3 means the Patents Act, 1978 (Act 57 of 1978), in Part 4
means the Designs Act, 1967 (Act 57 of 1967), in Part 5 means the Trade
Marks Act, 1963 (Act 62 of 1963), and in Part 6 means the Copyright Act,
1978 (Act 98 of 1978), all as effective in Venda, and 'Venda Acts' means all
those Acts, collectively.