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Layout-designs of Integrated
Circuits
(b) to assist in the exercise of powers and the
implementation of civil defence measures during
a state of emergency;
“qualified owner” means a person who is the owner of a
layout-design or topography of integrated circuits, in
accordance with section fifteen, or who is the owner of a
layout-design which was not commercially exploited
anywhere else in the world before it was commercially
exploited in Zambia or in a qualifying country, and includes
a person, whether or not that person is a qualified person,
who is a successor in title to a qualified owner;
“qualified person” means—
(a) a natural person—
(i) who is a citizen of or is domiciled or
ordinarily resident in Zambia or a
qualifying country; or
(ii) who has a real and effective industrial or
commercial establishment for the creation
of layout-designs or for the production of
topographies of integrated circuits in
Zambia in a qualifying country; or
(b) a person, other than a natural person—
(i) whose place of incorporation or place
of business is in Zambia or
qualifying country; or
(ii) which has a real and effective industrial
or commercial establishment for the
creation of layout-designs or for the
production of topographies of
integrated circuits in Zambia or
qualifying country;
and includes the Government and the
government of a qualifying country;
“qualifying country” means—
(a) a country or territory, other than Zambia, which
is a member of the World Trade Organisation;
or
(b) a country or territory designated by the Minister
as a qualifying country in accordance with
section four;