including fees payable, time limits, prescribed languages and other requirements in relation to
international applications, may be included in the Regulations.
Application of international treaties
44. The provisions of any international treaty in respect of industrial property to which
Lesotho is a party shall apply to matters dealt with by this Order and, in case of conflict with
the provisions of this Order, the provisions of the international treaty shall prevail.
Regulations
45.—(1) The Minister may make regulations 3 for the better carrying into effect of the
purposes of this Order.
(2) Regulations made under subsection (1) may, in particular, prescribe,
(a) application fees for the grant of patents, utility model certificates and for the
registration of industrial designs, marks and collective marks;
(b) specified categories of inventions for the purposes of section 11(7);
(c) the fees for copies of patents for the public;
(d) the surcharge payable in respect of late payment of maintenance or renewal fees;
(e) conditions under which a person may obtain extracts from registers in terms of
section 39(2); and
(f) any other matter required to be prescribed under this Order.
Administrative instructions
46. The Registrar may issue administrative instructions relating to the procedures under
this Order and the regulations as well as to other functions of his office.
Repeals, savings and transitional provisions
47.—(1) The following enactments are repealed,
(a) the Patents Act, 1984;
(b) the Trade Marks Act, 1984.
(2) Notwithstanding the repeal of the Patents, Trade Marks and Designs Protection
Proclamation, 1919 by the Patents Act, 1984, patents, trade marks and industrial designs
registered thereunder shall remain in force but shall, subject to subsections (3) and (4), be
deemed to have been granted or registered under this Order.
LESOTHO
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