Patents and Companies Registration
Agency
[No. 15 of 2010 115
An action or other proceeding shall not lie or be instituted
against a member of the Board or a committee of the Board, or a
member of staff of the Agency, for or in respect of any act or
thing done or omitted to be done in good faith in the exercise or
performance, or purported exercise or performance, of any of the
powers, functions or duties conferred under this Act.
(1) The Board shall appoint, on such terms and conditions
as it may, with the approval of the Minister, determine, a Registrar
who shall be the chief executive officer of the Agency.
The Registrar shall be an ex-officio member of the Board.
The Registrar shall have all the powers as are provided
for, and exercised under, the Companies Act, the Companies
(Certificates Validation) Act, the Registration of Business Names
Act, the Patents Act, the Trade Marks Act and the Registered
Designs Act.
(4) A person shall not be appointed as Registrar unless the
person is a legal practitioner with five years legal experience.
15. The Board may appoint, on such terms and conditions as it
may, with the approval of the Minister, determine, Assistant
Registrars and such other staff as it considers necessary for the
performance of its functions under this Act.
PART III
F INANCIAL P ROVISIONS
The funds of the Agency shall consist of such
16. (1)
moneys as may —
be appropriated to the Agency by Parliament for the
purposes of the Agency;
be paid to the Agency by way of fees, loans, grants or
donations; and
(c) otherwise vest in or accrue to the Agency.
(2) The Agency may—
subject to the approval of the Minister, accept moneys by
way of grants or donations from any source within or
outside Zambia;
subject to the approval of the Minister, raise by way of
loans or otherwise, such moneys as it may require for
the discharge of its functions; and
(c) charge and collect fees for services provided by the
Agency.
Immunity of
members of
Board and
of
staff
Agency
Registrar
Cap. 388
Cap. 414
Cap. 389
Cap. 400
Cap. 401
Cap. 402
Assistant
Registrars
and other
staff
Funds of
Agency