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(b) by the deletion of subsection (1) and the substitution
therefor of the following subsection:
(1) Any party to proceedings before the High
Court may appeal in. accordance with rules made
under this Part from any order or decision of that
court to the Supreme Court;
(c) in subsection (2) bythe deletion of the words" Court"
and "Patents Tribunal " wherever they occur and
the substitution therefor of "Supreme Court" and
" High Court", respectively.
28. The principal Act is amended by the repeal of section
8eventy-nine.
Repeal of
section 79
29. Section eighty of the principal Act is amended in sub
section (1) by the deletion of the words "Patents Tribunal"
and" Court" wherever they occur and the substitution therefor
of" High Court" and" Supreme Court", respectively.
Amendment
of sect.ion 80·
30. The principal Act is amended by the repeal of section
eighty-one and the substitution therefor of the following
section:
Repeal and
replace
ment of
section 81
81. The Chief Justice may, by statutory instrument, Rules of
make rules regulating the practice and procedure relating conn
to appeals or references to the High Court or the Supreme
Court, as the case may be, as to
(a) the time within which any requirement of the
rules is to be complied with;
(b) the costs and expenses of and inoidental to any
proceedings;
(c) the fees to be charged in respect of suoh pro
ceedings; and
(d) the summary determination of any appeal whioh
appears to the High Court or Supreme Court,
as the case may be, to be frivolous or vexatious
or to be brought for the purpose of delay.
31. The prinoipal Act is amended by the repeal of section Re~l and
eighty-two and the substitution therefor of the following section: of
re P ac~ment2
section 8 .
82. Where any matter to be decided by. the Registrar References
under this Aot appears to him to involve a point of law to High
orto be of unusual importance or complexity, he may, after ~~~:t~~
giving notice to the parties, refer such matter to the High
Court for a deoision and shall, thereafter, in relation to
such matter, act in accordance with the decision of that
oourt or any deoision substituted therefor on appeal to
thA Supreme Court.