72.
73.
74.
Register to be evidence
Certificates of registrar to be prima facie evidence
Certification of validity
CHAPTER XIII
APPEALS TO COMMISSIONER AND THE COURT
75.
76.
77.
Appeal from registrar to commissioner
Appeal from the commissioner to the court
Agreement to accept commissioner’s decision as final
CHAPTER XIV
ACQUISITION OF RIGHTS TO INVENTIONS AND PATENTS BY THE STATE
78.
79.
80.
Acquisition of invention or patent by State
Assignment of certain patents to the State
Minister may require inventions to be kept secret in certain circumstances
CHAPTER XV
OFFENCES AND PENALTIES
81.
82.
83.
84.
85.
Penalties for making false entries in the register, or making, producing or
tendering false entries or copies
Penalty for making false statements for the purpose of deceiving or
influencing the commissioner, the registrar or an officer
Prohibition of trafficking in patents by officers or employees in patent offic
Penalty for improper use of words “patent office”
Penalties for certain false representations
CHAPTER XVI
MISCELLANEOUS
86.
87.
88.
89.
90.
91.
92.
93.
94.
95.
96.
Documents may be sent by post
Address for service
Calculation of periods of time
Condonation or correction of irregularities in procedure
Certain conditions excluded from contracts
Regulations
Repeal of laws
Short title and commencement
Schedule
Laws repealed
INTRODUCTORY
1.
Division of Act into Chapters.
This Act is divided into Chapters which relate to the following matters
respectively:—
CHAPTER I
Administration
(sections 5 to 9).
CHAPTER II
The Register of Patents and the Patent Journal
(sections 10 to 14).