Section 130: Removal from register of patent agents and restoration.

The Patents Act, 1970Central Act · Act 39 of 1970

(1) The [Controller] may remove the name of any person from the register when [he] is satisfied, after giving that person a reasonable opportunity of being heard and after such further inquiry, if any, as [he] thinks fit to make--

(i) that his name has been entered in the register by error or on account of misrepresentation or suppression of material fact;

(ii) that he has been convicted of any offence and sentenced to a term of imprisonment or has been guilty of misconduct in his professional capacity which in the opinion of the [Controller] renders him unfit to be kept in the register.

(2) The [Controller] may, on application and on sufficient cause being shown, restore to the register the name of any person removed therefrom.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Patents Act, 1970
Section	130
Marginal note	Removal from register of patent agents and restoration.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

substituted. . Subs. by s. 55, ibid., for "Central Government" (w.e.f. 20-5-2003).
substituted. . Subs. by s. 55, ibid., for "it" (w.e.f. 20-5-2003).

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