Special Investigating Units and Special Tribunals Act, 1996
R 385
Patents Act, 1978 (Act No. 57 of 1978)Chapter IV : Patent Agents and Patent Attorneys20. Qualifications and registration of patent agents and patent attorneys |
| (1) | At any time within five years of the date of commencement of this Act, any person residing in the Republic may on passing the prescribed examination and on paying to the registrar the prescribed fee, be registered by him as a patent agent. |
| (2) | Any person registered or deemed to be registered as a patent agent under the repealed law at the commencement of this Act, shall be deemed to have been registered as a patent agent under this Act, and any person entitled at the commencement of this Act to be so registered, shall be entitled to be so registered under this Act. |
| (3) | Any person entitled to practise as an attorney in the Republic may, on passing the prescribed examination and on paying the prescribed fee to the registrar, be registered by him as a patent attorney. |
| (4) | Any person registered or deemed to be registered as a patent agent under this Act and entitled to practise as an attorney may, on application and without the payment of any fee, be registered by the registrar as a patent attorney. |
