(1) So long as any directions issued or deemed to have been issued under section 78B or section 78C are in force in respect of an application,—
(a) the Controller shall not pass an order refusing to accept such application; and Consequences of directions under section 78B or section 78C.
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(b) notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, no appeal shall lie against any such direction or from any order of the Controller passed in respect thereof:
Provided that the application may, subject to the directions, proceed to the stage of the acceptance of the complete specification, but the acceptance shall not be advertised nor the specification published, and no patent shall be granted in pursuance of the application.
(2) The Controller may, having regard to the directions issued or deemed to have been issued under section 78B or section 78C in respect of any application for a patent or, as the case may be, any class of applications for patents referred to therein and subject to such conditions, if any, as he thinks fit, extend the period (Including any period specified in this Act as the period on the expiry of which an application for a patent shall be deemed to have been refused, or a patent applied for shall not be sealed, or the specification accompanying an application and the drawing supplied therewith shall be open to public inspection), within which anything is required to be done by or under this Act in connection with such application or applications, whether or not such period has previously expired.