Agents

(1) Every applicant for the registration of a trade mark, certification mark or collective mark in the register whose ordinary residence or principal place of business is outside Belize shall be represented by an attorney-at- law who is resident in Belize and practicing in Belize in accordance with the relevant law. (2) The Minister may make Rules requiring the keeping of a register of persons who act as agents for other persons for the purpose of applying for or obtaining the registration of trademarks, and references in this Act to “trade mark agent” or “agent” shall be construed, unless the context otherwise requires, to be references to persons whose names are entered in the register pursuant to this subsection. (3) The Rules may require the payment of fees by persons requiring to be registered as agents. (4) No person who is not an agent shall carry on business under any name, description or style which contains the words “registered trade mark agent” or hold himself out or otherwise describe himself as such an agent. (5) A person who contravenes subsection (4) of this section commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding three years, or to both such fine and period of imprisonment. 61