(2)
society concerned, if any, which shall be entitled to be
heard; or
(ii)
the South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law,
after notice as prescribed to the law society concerned,
if any, which shall be entitled to be heard,be removed
by the court from the register of patent agents or patent
attorneys by reason of such conduct as the court may
consider sufficient to justify such removal.
The name of a person registered as a patent attorney under section
20 shall be removed from the register of patent attorneys by the
registrar if and as long as his name is removed from the roll of
attorneys.
(3)
A person registered as a patent attorney under section 20 shall be
deemed to be suspended from practising as patent attorney if and as
long as he is suspended from practising as an attorney.
(4)
The court may on the application of—
(a)
the registrar, after notice as prescribed to the South African
Institute of Intellectual Property Law and the law society
concerned, if any, which shall be entitled to be heard; or
(b)
the South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law, after
notice as prescribed to the law society concerned, if any, which
shall be entitled to be heard,
suspend for a specified period any person registered or deemed to be
registered as a patent agent or patent attorney under section 20, from
practising as a patent agent or patent attorney, if the court is satisfied
that such person is not a fit and proper person to continue to practise
as a patent agent or patent attorney, as the case may be.
(5)
If in any proceedings in terms of subsection (1) (b) or (4) the court is
satisfied that the relevant conduct of the patent agent or patent
attorney concerned does not justify the removal of his name from the
register of patent agents or patent attorneys or his suspension from
practice, the court may reprimand him or order him to pay a fine not
exceeding R1 000.
(6)
Subject to the provisions of subsection (2), on application to the court
for the restoration to the register of patent agents or patent attorneys
of any name which has been removed therefrom, and after notice as
prescribed to the registrar, the South African Institute of Intellectual
Property Law and the law society, concerned, if any, who and which
shall be entitled to be heard, such name may be restored to such
register on such conditions as the court may determine.
(7)
The registrar of the court which issues any order under this section,
shall transmit a copy of that order to the registrar, who shall publish it
in the journal.
(8)
The registrar, in making any application in terms of this section, shall
at least one month prior to the date of such application submit to the
South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law and to the law
society concerned, if any, a copy of such application together with
copies of all documents referred to therein or connected therewith,
and the South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law in making