Industrial Design
[No. 22 of 2016
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PART II
4.
ADMINISTRATION
This Act shall be administered by the Agency.
5. The seal of the Agency kept in terms of the Patents and
Companies Registration Agency Act, 2010, shall be used for the
purposes of this Act and the impression made for such purposes
shall be judicially noticed.
6. (1) The Registrar appointed in accordance with the Patents
and Companies Registration Agency Act, 2010 shall, in addition to
the Registrar’s other functions and powers specified in that Act
and any other law, exercise the powers and perform the functions
conferred on the Registrar in accordance with this Act.
Administration
of Act
Seal of
Agency
Registrar
(2) The Board may delegate the functions and powers of the
Agency, specified in this Act, to the Registrar when the Board
considers it necessary for the better implementation of this Act.
7.
The functions of the Agency are to—
Functions of
Agency
(a) receive and process applications for the registration of
designs made by a person referred to in section twentyone;
(b) act as a designated or an elected industrial designs office
for international applications;
(c) act as an elected office for purposes of an international
preliminary examination; and
(d) perform any other functions as are necessary or incidental
to the carrying out of its functions under this Act.
8. The Board shall appoint assistant registrars, such number
of examiners and other officers as may be necessary for carrying
out the provisions of this Act and who shall, subject to the control
of the Registrar, have all the powers conferred by this Act on the
Registrar.
Appointment
of other staff
9. An examination, investigation or any act undertaken, in
accordance with this Act, shall not warrant the validity of such
examination, investigation or act and no liability shall be incurred
by the Registrar, examiner or any other officer by reason of, or in
connection with, any examination, investigation, act or other
consequent proceeding.
Nonwarranty and
non-liability
10. (1) The Agency shall establish and maintain a Register
of designs in which shall be entered—
Register of
designs