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18. (I) If it appears to the Registrar in the case of any application
for a patent
(0)
that it is frivolous on the ground that it claims as an
invention anything obviously contrary I to well-established
natural laws; or
(b)
that the use of the invention in respect of which the appli
cation is made would be contrary to law or morality; or
(c)
that it claims as an invention a substance capable of
being used as food or medicine which is a mixture of
known ingredients possessing only the aggregate of the
known properties of the ingredients, or that it claims as
an invention a process producing such a substance by
mere admixture;
Refusal of
application in
certain cases
he may refuse the application.
(2) If it appears to the Registrar that any invention in respect of
which an application for a patent is made might be used in any
manner contrary to law, he may refuse the application unless the
specification is amended by the insertion of such disclaimer in
respect of that use of the invention. or such other reference to the
illegality thereof. as the Registrar thinks fit.
(3)' An appeal shall lie from any decision of the Registrar under
this section.
. 19. (I) If, in the case of a complete specification lodged in pur Powers of
Registrar if
suance of an application for a patent, which application was accom specification
panied by a provisional specification, the result of any examination or application
or investigation made in terms of section sixteen is adverse to the defective
applicant in regard to any matter referred to in that section, or it is
found that the invention described in the complete specification is
not substantially the same as that described in the provisional speci
fication or that the complete specification includes an invention not
included in the provisional specification, the Registrar may, subject
to the provisions of subsection (6) of section fourteen
(0)
refuse to accept the complete specification until it has been
amended to his satisfaction;
(b)
with the consent of the applicant, cancel the provisional
specification and direct that the application be post-dated to
the date upon which the complete specification was lodged
at the Patent Office; or
(c)
where the complete specification includes an invention not
included in the provisional specification, allow the applica
tion to be proceeded with in so far as the invention included
both in the provisional and in the complete specification is
concerned and allow an application for the additional
invention included in the complete specification to be made
and authorise the application for such additional invention,