Section 13 - Tribunals Reforms Act, 2021

Amendment of Act 39 of 1970

In the Patents Act, 1970,—

(a)

in section 2, in sub-section (1),—

(i)		clause (a) shall be omitted;
(ii)		in clause (u), sub-clause (B) shall be omitted;

(b)		in section 52, the words “Appellate Board or”, wherever they occur, shall be omitted;
(c)		in section 58,—

(i)		the words “the Appellate Board or”, wherever they occur, shall be omitted;
(ii)		the words “as the case may be” shall be omitted;

(d)		in section 59, the words “the Appellate Board or” shall be omitted;
(e)		in section 64, in sub-section (1), the words “by the Appellate Board” shall be omitted;
(f)		in section 71, for the words “Appellate Board” and “Board”, wherever they occur, the words “High Court” shall be substituted;
(g)		in section 76, the words “or Appellate Board” shall be omitted;
(h)		in section 113,—

(i)

in sub-section (1),—

(A)		the words “the Appellate Board or”, wherever they occur, shall be omitted;
(B)		the words “as the case may be” shall be omitted;

(ii)

in sub-section (3), the words “or the Appellate Board” shall be omitted;

(i)		in Chapter XIX, for the Chapter heading, the Chapter heading “APPEALS” shall be substituted;
(j)		sections 116 and 117 shall be omitted;
(k)		in section 117A, for the words “Appellate Board”, wherever they occur, the words “High Court” shall be substituted;
(l)		sections 117B, 117C and 117D shall be omitted;
(m)		in section 117E, for the words “Appellate Board”, wherever they occur, the words “High Court” shall be substituted;
(n)		sections 117F, 117G and 117H shall be omitted;
(o)		in section 151,—

(i)		in sub-section (1), the words “or the Appellate Board”, at both the places where they occur, shall be omitted;
(ii)		in sub-section (3), for the words “the Appellate Board or the courts, as the case may be”, the words “the courts” shall be substituted;

(p)

in section 159, in sub-section (2), clauses (xiia), (xiib) and (xiic) shall be omitted.