OFFENCES AND PENALTIES
81.
Penalties for making false entries in the register, or making, producing
or tendering false entries or copies.
Any person who—
(a)
makes or causes to be made a false entry in the register;
(b)
makes or causes to be made a writing falsely purporting to be a copy
of an entry in the register; or
(c)
produces or tenders or causes to be produced or tendered as
evidence any such entry or copy thereof,
knowing it to be false, shall be guilty of an offence and on conviction
liable to a fine not exceeding R1 000 or to imprisonment for a period
not exceeding 12 months or to both such fine and such imprisonment.
82.
Penalty for making false statements for the purpose of deceiving or
influencing the commissioner, the registrar or an officer.
Any person who—
(a)
for the purpose of deceiving the registrar or the commissioner or any
officer in the administration of the provisions of this Act; or
(b)
for the purpose of procuring or influencing the doing or omission of
anything in relation to this Act or any matter thereunder, makes a false
statement or representation, knowing the same to be false, shall be
guilty of an offence and on conviction liable to a fine not exceeding
R1 000 or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 12 months or to
both such fine and such imprisonment.
83.
84.
Prohibition of trafficking in patents by officers or employees in patent
office.
(1)
Any officer or employee of the patent office who buys, sells, acquires
or traffics in any invention or patent or any right under a patent, shall
be guilty of an offence and on conviction liable to a fine not exceeding
R500.
(2)
Every purchase, sale or acquisition, and every assignment of any
invention or patent, by or to any such officer or employee shall be null
and void.
(3)
Nothing in this section contained shall apply to the inventor or to any
acquisition by bequest or devolution by operation of law.
Penalty for improper use of words “patent office”.
Any person who uses on his place of business or on any document issued by
him or otherwise the words “patent office” or any other words suggesting that
his place of business is officially connected with or is the patent office, shall
be guilty of an offence and on conviction liable to a fine not exceeding R100
or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding three months or to both such
fine and such imprisonment.
85.
Penalties for certain false representations.
(1)
Any person who—