GOVEH,NMENT OF ZAMBIA
ACT
No. 17 of 1980
Date of Assont: 21st Docornber, 1980
An Act to amend the Trade MarksAct
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ENACTED by the Parliament of Zambia.
1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Trade :Marks (Amendment) Act, 1980, and shall be read as one with the Trade Marks Act, hereinafter referred to as tho principal Act.
~This Ac·t shnll como into operation on surh duro as tho ;\Jilii,,[or mllY, by statutory instrument, appoint.
Enactment
Short title
and
commence
ment.
Cap. 693
Amendment of section 2
Amendment of section 14
Amendmcnt of section JI)
Amendment. of section 17
Amendment of sect.ion 19
Single copiee of this Act may be obtained [rom the GM'ernment Printer,
P.O. Boa 30136, Lusaka, Friel zo».
,No. 17 of 1980] Trade Mar'k8 (Amendment)
Amendment of Motion 20
Ameodment of IHIOtion 21
Amendment of seeMon 2%
Amendment of section 23
Amendment of seetion 24
Amendment of section 25
Amendment of section 31
Amendment of aection 32
Amendment of section 35
Amendment of Motion 37
Amendment of section 38
Amendment of section 4]
9. Section twenty-two of the principal Act is amended
(Amendme11t)
19. Section forty-two of the principal Aot is amended in Amendment
of section 42
subsection (2) by the deletion of" Tribunal" and the substitu
tion therefor of " High Court ".
Repea.l and
20. The principal Act is amended by the repeal of section
replacement
fortY-8even and the substitution therefor of the following ofaect.ion 47 section:
47. In all proceedings before the Registrar under this Po",:erof Aot, the Registrar shall have power to award to any party ::~t:a:: such costs as he may consider reasonable and to direct c how and by what parties they are to be paid, and any costs so awarded shall be taxed by the High Court and payment thereof may be enforced in the same manner as if they were costs allowed by the High Court.
21. The principal Act is amended by the repeal of seotion Repeal and
repla.cement
fifty-one and the substitution therefor of the following section:
of section 51
51. Where this Act provides for an appeal from a High Court decision of the Registrar, such appeal shall be made to the ~"~ High Court. P
Bepeal of
22. The principal Act is amended by the repeal of seotion
section 52
fifty-two.
23. The~principal Act is amended by the repeal of section Repeal and
replacement
fifty-three and the substitution therefor of the following section:
of section 53
53. The Chief Justice may, by statutory instrument, Rules of make rules regulating the practice and procedure relating court to appeals or references to the High Court or the Supreme Court, as the case may be, as to
24. The principal Act is amended by the repeal of section Repea.l of
section 54
fifty-four.
25. Section fifty-five of tho principal Act is amended by the Amendment
of soctdon 65
deletion of " Tribunal" and "Tribunal or High Court" and the substitution therefor of " High Court" and" High Court or Supreme Court", respeotively.:
140 No. 17 of 1980] 'l.'rade Marks (Amendment)
Repoaland replacement of section 66
References to High Court by Rogistrar
Amendment of section 58
Amendmont of section 60
Amendment of section 61
Repeal of sections 62 and 63
Repeal and rep1acement of 8OOtion 64
Procedure in eaees of option to apply to High Court or Registrar
Repeal and replacement of section 65
Security for costs and taxation of costs
26. The principal Act is amended by the repeal of section fifty-six and the substitution therefor of the following section:
56. iVlwn any matter to be decided by the Registrar under this Act appears to him to involve a point of law or to he of unusual importance or complexity, he may, after giving notice to the parties, refer such matter to the High COUlt for a decision and shall thereafter, in relation to such matter, act in accordance with the decision of the High Court or any decision substituted therefor on appeal to the Supreme Court.
30. '1'he principal Act is amended by the repeal of sections 8ixty-two and sixty-three.
31. The principal Act is amended by the repeal of section sixty-four and the substitution therefor ofthe following section:
64. Where under any of tho foregoing provisions of this Act an applicant has an option to make an application either to the High Court or to the Registrar and such application is made to the Registrar, the Registrar may, at any stage of the proceedings, refer the application to the High Court or may, after hearing tho parties, determine the question between them, subject to appeal to the High Court.
32. The principal Act is amended by the repeal of section 8ixty-five and the substitution therefor of the following section:
65. (1) When a party to proceedings before the Registrar is resident outside Zambia, the Registrar may order such pa.rty to give security, within such time as may be directed, for the costs of the proceedings.
Trade 111arks [No. 17 of 1980 141 (Amendment)
Amendment of soot.ion 66
Repeal and roplacement of section 67
67. Any party to any proceedings before tho High Appeals to Court may appoal in accordance with rules made under ~~~mo
this Part from any order or decision of the High Court to the Supreme Court.
38. Section eighty-seven of the principal Act is amended
A"'''',dment ol section 71
Amendment of section 76
Repeal of
sections 83,
84 and 85
Amendment of section 87
Amendment ofsection 90
Amendment of Schedule