PATENTS AND COMPANIES REGISTRATION AGENCY ACT
Arrangement of Sections
Section
PART I
PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS
PART II
THE PATENTS AND COMPANIES REGISTRATION AGENCY
8. Delegation of functions and directions
9. Tenure of office and vacancy
14. Prohibition of publication or disclosure of information to unauthorised persons
15. Immunity of members of Board and staff of Agency
17. Deputy Registrar, Secretary and other staff
PART III
FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
PART IV
GENERAL PROVISIONS
23. Immunity from execution of judgments
25. Repeal of Act No.15 of 2010
AN ACT
to continue the existence of the Patents and Companies Registration Agency and re-define its functions; re-constitute the Board of the Agency and provide for its functions; repeal and replace the Patents and Companies Registration Agency Act, 2010; and provide for matters connected with, or incidental to the foregoing.
[23rd April, 2021]
Act 4 of 2020,
SI 33 of 2021.
PART I
PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS
This Act may be cited as the Patents and Companies Registration Agency Act.
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires
"Agency" means the Patents and Companies Registration Agency continued under section 3;
"associate" has the meaning assigned to the word in the Anti-Corruption Act;
"Board" means the Board of the Agency established under section 6;
"Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Board appointed under section 6;
"Deputy Registrar" means a person appointed as Deputy Registrar under section 17;
"emoluments" has the meaning assigned to the word in the Constitution;
"Emoluments Commission" means the Emoluments Commission established under the Constitution;
"legally disqualified" means the absence of legal capacity as provided in section 4 of the Mental Health Act;
"Registrar" means the person appointed as Registrar under section 16;
"relative" has the meaning assigned to the word in the Anti-Corruption Act;
"repealed Act" means the Patents and Companies Registration Agency Act; and
"Vice-Chairperson" means the Vice-Chairperson of the Board elected under section 6.
PART II
THE PATENTS AND COMPANIES REGISTRATION AGENCY
(1) The Patents and Companies Registration Agency established under the repealed Act shall continue to exist as if established under this Act.
(2) The Agency is a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal, capable of suing and of being sued in its corporate name, and with the power, subject to the provisions of this Act, to do the acts and things that a body corporate may, by law, do or perform.
(1) The seal of the Agency shall be a device that may be determined by the Board and shall be kept by the Registrar.
(2) The affixing of the seal shall be authenticated by the Chairperson or the Vice-Chairperson and the Registrar or any other person authorised in that behalf by a resolution of the Board, except that where the Agency is registering intellectual property rights, registering or incorporating a company, firm or business, the affixing of the seal shall be authenticated by the Registrar.
(3) A contract or instrument which, if entered into or executed by a person not being a body corporate, would not be required to be under seal, may be entered into or executed without a seal on behalf of the Agency by the Registrar or any other person generally or specifically authorised by the Board in that behalf.
(4) A document purporting to be a document under the seal of the Agency or issued on behalf of the Agency shall be received in evidence and shall be deemed to be so executed or issued, without further proof, unless the contrary is proved.
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