Section 130 of The Patents Act, 1970 View Chapter 21

Removal from register of patent agents and restoration.

(1) The 1[Controller] may remove the name of any person from the register when 2[he] is satisfied, after giving that person a reasonable opportunity of being heard and after such further inquiry, if any, as 2[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 1[Controller] renders him unfit to be kept in the register.

(2) The 1[Controller] may, on application and on sufficient cause being shown, restore to the register the name of any person removed therefrom.

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Footnote -

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

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