TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government Enacted2002

Patents (Amendment) Act, 2002 Section 12

Substitution of New Section for Section 15

Section Text


For section 15 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely :--

"15. Power of Controller to refuse or require amended applications 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 require the application, specification or other document, as the case may be, to be amended to his satisfaction before he proceeds with the application or refuse the application on failure to do so.".