20 CAP. 400]
Patents
(2) Any examination or investigation required in terms of subsec
tion (1) may, on the direction of the Registrar, be undertaken by an
examiner who shall report his findings on any such examination or
investigation to the Registrar.
(3) An examination or investigation required by the provisions of
this Act shall not be deemed to warrant the validity of any patent, and
no liability shall be incurred by the Government, the Minister, the
Registrar or any officer of the Patent Office by reason of or in con
nection with any such examination or investigation or report or other
proceeding consequent thereon.
(As amended by G.N. No. 185 of 1964)
Ante-dating
and post
dating of
applications
17. (1) At any time after an application has been lodged under
this Act 'and before acceptance of the complete specification, the
Registrar may., at the request of the applicant and upon payment of
the prescribed fee, direct that the application shall be post-dated to
such date as may be specified in the request:
Provided that
(i) no application shall be post-dated under this sub
section to a date later than six months from the date
on which it was actually lodged or would, but for
this subsection, be deemed to have been so lodged;
and
(ii) a convention application shall not be post-dated
under this subsection to a date later than the last
date on which, under the provisions of this Act, the
application could have been made.
(2) Where an application or specification lodged under this Act is
amended before acceptance of the complete specification, the
Registrar may direct that the application or specification shall be
post-dated to the date on which it is amended or, if it has been
returned to the applicant, to the date on which it is again lodged
under this Act.
(3) Where, at any time after an application or specification has
been lodged at the Patent Office and before acceptance of the com
plete specification, a fresh application or specification is lodged in
respect of any part of the subject-matter of the first-mentioned appli
cation or specification, the Registrar may direct that the fresh appli
cation or specification shall be antedated to a date not earlier than the
date of lodging of the first-mentioned application or specification.
(4) An appeal shall lie from any decision of the Registrar under
subsection (2) or (3).