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Power of Controller to refuse or require amended applications, etc., in certain cases.-- Where the Controller is satisfied that the application or any specification or any other document filed in pursuance thereof does not comply with the requirements of this Act or of any rules made thereunder, the Controller may refuse the application or may require the application, specification or the other documents, as the case may be, to be amended to his satisfaction before he proceeds with the application and refuse the application on failure to do so.". In section 16 of the principal Act,-
(a) in sub-section (1), for the words "before the acceptance of the complete specification", the words "before the grant of the patent" shall be substituted;
(b) for the Explanation, the following
Explanation shall be substituted, namely:- "Explanation.- For the purposes of this Act, the further application and the complete specification accompanying it shall be deemed to have been filed on the date on which the first mentioned application had been filed, and the further application shall be proceeded with as a substantive application and be examined when the request for examination is filed within the prescribed period.".