CHAPTER V
AMENDMENTS TO THE PATENTS ACT, 1970
Amendment of Act 39 of 1970.
6. In the Patents Act, 1970,-
(a) in section 2, in sub-section (1),-
(i) clause (a) shall be omitted;
(ii) in clause (u), sub-clause (B) shall be omitted;
(b) in section 52, the words “Appellate Board or”, wherever they occur, shall be omitted;
(c) in section 58,-
(i) the words “the Appellate Board or”, wherever they occur, shall be omitted;
(ii) the words “as the case may be” shall be omitted;
(d) in section 59, the words “the Appellate Board or” shall be omitted;
(e) in section 64, the words “by the Appellate Board or” shall be omitted;
(f) in section 71, for the words “Appellate Board” and “Board”, wherever they occur, the words “High Court” shall be substituted;
(g) in section 76, the words “or Appellate Board” shall be omitted;
(h) in section 113,-
(i) in sub-section (1),-
(A) the words “the Appellate Board or”, wherever they occur, shall be omitted;
(B) the words “as the case may be” shall be omitted;
(ii) in sub-section (3), the words “or the Appellate Board” shall be omitted;
(i) in Chapter XIX, for the Chapter heading, the Chapter heading “APPEALS” shall be substituted;
(j) sections 116 and 117 shall be omitted;
(k) in section 117A, for the words “Appellate Board”, wherever they occur, the words “High Court” shall be substituted;
(l) sections 117B, 117C and 117D shall be omitted;
(m) in section 117E, for the words “Appellate Board”, wherever they occur, the words “High Court” shall be substituted;
(n) sections 117F, 117G and 117H shall be omitted;
(o) in section 151,-
(A) in sub-section (1), the words “or the Appellate Board”, at both the places where they occur, shall be omitted;
(B) in sub-section (3), for the words “the Appellate Board or the courts, as the case may be”, the words “the courts” shall be substituted;
(p) in section 159, in sub-section (2), clauses (xiia), (xiib) and (xiic) shall be omitted.
