revoked except upon any ground on which it could have been revoked
in terms of the repealed Act.
(2)
3.
All applications and proceedings commenced under the repealed Act
shall be dealt with in accordance with the provisions of that Act as if it
had not been repealed.
State bound.
A registered design shall in all respects have the same effect against the
State as it has against any person.
4.
Continuation of designs office.
The designs office established by section 2 of the repealed Act shall continue
to exist.
5.
Seal of designs office.
There shall be a seal of the designs office, and the impression of the seal
shall be judicially noticed.
6.
7.
Registrar of designs.
(1)
The Minister shall, subject to the laws governing the public service,
appoint a registrar of designs, who shall exercise the powers and
perform the duties conferred or imposed upon the registrar by this Act
and who shall, subject to the directions of the Minister, have the chief
control of the designs office.
(2)
The Minister shall similarly appoint one or more deputy registrars of
designs, who shall, subject to the control of the registrar, have all the
powers conferred by this Act on the registrar, and the senior of whom
shall, whenever the registrar is for any reason unable to fulfil his
duties, act temporarily in his stead.
(3)
The registrar of designs and a deputy registrar of designs appointed
under section 3 of the repealed Act shall be deemed to have been
appointed under this section.
(4)
Any power conferred or duty imposed upon the registrar by this Act
may be exercised or performed by the registrar personally or by an
officer in the public service acting under a delegation from or under
the control or direction of the registrar.
Register of designs.
(1)
There shall be kept at the designs office a register in which shall be
entered—
(a)
the names and addresses of applicants for the registration of
designs and of persons to whom registration has been granted
and the classification of such designs according to subjectmatter; and