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Amends section 43E of the Patents Act, No. 57 of 1978, as follows:—
paragraph (a) substitutes subsection (1) (b); paragraph (b) substitutes
subsection (2); and paragraph (c) adds subsection (3).
Substitutes section 43F of the Patents Act, No. 57 of 1978.
Amends section 45 of the Patents Act, No. 57 of 1978, by substituting
subsection (2).
Amends section 48 of the Patents Act, No. 57 of 1978, as follows:—
paragraph (a) substitutes subsection (1) (b); paragraph (b) substitutes
subsection (1) (c) (ii); and paragraph (c) substitutes subsection (2).
Amends section 49 (2) of the Patents Act, No. 57 of 1978, by substituting
paragraph (a).
Amends section 57 of the Patents Act, No. 57 of 1978, by substituting
subsection (1).
Amends section 58 of the Patents Act, No. 57 of 1978, by substituting
paragraphs (a) and (b).
Amends section 61 (1) of the Patents Act, No. 57 of 1978, by substituting
paragraph (e).
Amends section 65 of the Patents Act, No. 57 of 1978, by substituting
subsection (1).
Amends section 66 of the Patents Act, No. 57 of 1978, by substituting
subsection (3).
Amends section 69 of the Patents Act, No. 57 of 1978, by substituting
subsection (1).
Inserts section 69A in the Patents Act, No. 57 of 1978.
Short title.—This Act is called the Patents Amendment Act, 2002.