Chapter VIII AMENDMENTS TO THE PATENTS ACT, 1970

In the Patents Act, 1970,--

1. (a) in section 2, in sub-section (1),--
   • (i) clause (a) shall be omitted;
   • (ii) in clause (u), sub-clause (B) shall be omitted;
2. (b) in section 52, the words “Appellate Board or”, wherever they occur, shall be omitted;
3. (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;
4. (d) in section 59, the words “the Appellate Board or” shall be omitted;
5. (e) in section 64, in sub-section (1), the words “by the Appellate Board” shall be omitted;
6. (f) in section 71, for the words “Appellate Board” and “Board”, wherever they occur, the words “High Court” shall be substituted;
7. (g) in section 76, the words “or Appellate Board” shall be omitted;
8. (h) in section 113,--
   • (i) in sub-section (1),--
9. (A) the words “the Appellate Board or”, wherever they occur, shall be omitted;
10. (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;
11. (j) sections 116 and 117 shall be omitted;
12. (k) in section 117A, for the words “Appellate Board”, wherever they occur, the words “High Court” shall be substituted;
13. (l) sections 117B, 117C and 117D shall be omitted;
14. (m) in section 117E, for the words “Appellate Board”, wherever they occur, the words “High Court” shall be substituted;
15. (n) sections 117F, 117G and 117H shall be omitted;
16. (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;
17. (p) in section 159, in sub-section (2), clauses (xiia), (xiib) and (xiic) shall be omitted.