(iv)
on request made by an inspector or police officer, he gave to that
inspector or police officer all the information in his power with respect to the persons
on whose behalf the trade description was applied.
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Prohibition of sale of goods bearing false trade description
(1) Subject to subsection (2), no person shall sell any goods to which a false trade
description is applied.
(2) It shall be a defence to any charge under subsection (1) if the accused proves
that—
(a)
having taken all reasonable precautions against committing an offence
under subsection (1)—
(i)
he had, at the time of the sale, no reason to suspect the genuineness of
the trade description; and
(ii)
on request made by an inspector or police officer, he gave to that
inspector or police officer all the information in his power with respect to the person
from whom he obtained such goods;
or
(b)
otherwise he had acted innocently.
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Prohibition of sale of imported goods unless accompanied by indication of
origin
(1) Subject to subsection (2), no person shall sell or, for the purpose of advertising
goods, distribute in Zimbabwe any goods processed externally or samples of such
goods to which there is applied an offending mark unless there is also applied to those
goods, in the manner specified in section eight, the name of the country in which
those goods were assembled, manufactured, produced or mixed so as to indicate that
those goods were assembled, manufactured, produced or mixed, as the case may be,
in that country.
(2) Subsection (1) shall not have effect in respect of the application of a name or trade
mark to—
(a)
parts or materials of a type suitable only for consumption in a process
of manufacture; or
(b)
articles to be used as coverings; or
(c)
articles in or with which goods assembled, manufactured, produced or
mixed in Zimbabwe are to be sold;
if the name or trade mark so applied is the name or trade mark of an assembler,
manufacturer, producer or mixer of, or trader in, those goods in Zimbabwe and the
name or trade mark is applied with his consent.
(3) The Minister may, by statutory instrument, suspend, in relation to any goods or
class of goods, the operation of subsection (1).
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Prohibition of sale of certain local goods unless accompanied by indication of
origin
(1) No person shall sell or, for the purpose of advertising goods, distribute in
Zimbabwe any goods assembled, manufactured, produced or mixed in Zimbabwe or
samples of such goods to which there is applied an offending mark unless there is
also applied to those goods, in the manner specified in section eight, the name of
Zimbabwe so as to indicate that those goods were assembled, manufactured,
produced or mixed, as the case may be, in Zimbabwe.
(2) The Minister may, by statutory instrument, suspend, in relation to any goods or
class of goods, the operation of subsection (1).
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Prohibition of import of certain goods
No person shall import into Zimbabwe any goods which it would be an offence in
terms of section five to sell or distribute.