Offences and penalties
14. Any person who is convicted of an offence under this Act shall be liable to a fine not
exceeding one hundred and fifty penalty units. (As amended by Act No. 13 of 1994)
Evidence
15. In any proceedings under this Act(a) a certificate issued in terms of section ten shall on its mere production be admissible
as prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein;
(b) an affidavit purporting to be made by the chairman, secretary, headmaster or other
person duly authorised by an association or institution in which it is stated that any
specified person is not authorised to use, buy, sell or otherwise acquire or dispose of any
name, special name, designation, uniform or badge registered by such association or
institution shall on its mere production be admissible as prima facie evidence of the facts
stated therein.
Prescribed fees
16. For the purpose of defraying the administrative expenses of the Board, there shall be
paid to the Board by an association or institution in respect of an application to the Board
such fees as may, by statutory notice, be prescribed by the Minister from time to time.
Savings
17. Nothing in this Act contained shall prohibit(a) any person from using any name, special name, designation, uniform or badge in the
course or for the purpose of a stage play or representation, or a music hall or circus
performance, pageant, or production of a cinematograph film, if the name, special name,
designation, uniform or badge is not used in such a manner or under such circumstances
as to bring it into ridicule or contempt; or
(b) the continued use of any mark or device, whether or not protected under the
provisions of any written law relating to the registration of trade marks or any
amendment thereof, which has been bona fide used as a trade mark before the
commencement of this Act; or
(c) the right of any person to use any name, special name, designation, uniform or badge
which at the commencement of this Act was in regular use by such person; or
(d) the right of any person to use any uniform or badge to the use of which such person
has bona fide become entitled by reason of his present or past membership of any
association or institution outside Zambia.