evidence or giving evidence before him.
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Registrar may award costs
(1) The Registrar may award costs against any party to any proceedings before him
and in favour of any other party to those proceedings.
(2) If any party to proceedings before the Registrar is resident outside Zimbabwe or
has no immovable property therein, the Registrar may, on the application of any other
party to the proceedings, order that security to the satisfaction of the Registrar be
lodged or given by the first-mentioned party in respect of any costs which may be
awarded against him in those proceedings and may refuse, until such security has
been lodged or given, to permit such proceedings to be continued.
(3) Unless otherwise agreed between the parties, any costs awarded in terms of
subsection (1) shall be taxed by the Registrar in accordance with the provisions
prescribed in respect of the awarding of costs in terms of subsection (1), and any such
costs may be recovered by action in a Court of competent jurisdiction.
(4) An appeal shall lie from any decision of the Registrar made under the provisions
of this section.
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Advertisements to be approved by Registrar
No advertisement or notice, other than a notice issued under the authority of the
President or the Minister, shall be published by any person under this Act unless the
Registrar has approved the form and contents of such advertisement or notice, and no
advertisement or notice which has not been so approved shall have any force or effect
for the purposes of this Act.
PART IX
PATENT AGENTS
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Patent agents and their functions
(1) Subject to this Act, a patent agent may act as agent on behalf of any person in
connection with any matter or proceeding before the Registrar under this Act and may
draw and sign all documents and make all communications between an applicant and
the Patent Office and may represent an applicant at all attendances before the
Registrar.
(2) A patent agent shall not be guilty of an offence under the provisions of any
enactment prohibiting the preparation for reward of certain documents by persons not
legally qualified by reason only of the preparation or signature by him of any
document relating to patents for use in the Patent Office or required in any
proceedings under this Act before the Registrar or the Tribunal.
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Qualification and registration of patent agents
(1) The Registrar shall—
(a)
keep a Register of Patent Agents in which the name of every person,
immediately upon his being accepted for registration, shall be registered, showing
against his name such particulars as the Registrar shall from time to time deem
necessary; and
(b)
enter in such Register of Patent Agents all changes relating to
registrations.
(2) Any person ordinarily resident in Zimbabwe who—
(a)
has served such period of articles as may be prescribed and has passed
the prescribed qualifying examinations; or
(b)
has passed the prescribed qualifying examinations and produces proof
that he is a member in good standing of The Chartered Institute of Patent Agents
incorporated by Royal Charter on the 11th August, 1891; or
(c)
produces proof that he holds a qualification recognized by the
Minister as being equivalent to the qualifications required for the purposes of
paragraph (a) or (b);
may make application to the Registrar in the prescribed manner to be registered as a
patent agent, and the Registrar shall arrange such registration if he is satisfied that
there is no good reason why it should not be arranged and that the applicant is not a