Section 40:
Liability for contravention of section 35 or section 39.
Without prejudice to the provisions
contained in Chapter XX, if in respect of an application for a patent any person contravenes any direction
as to secrecy given by the Controller under section 35 1[or makes or causes to be made an application for
grant of a patent outside India in contravention of section 39], or the application for patent under this Act
shall be deemed to have been abandoned and the patent granted, if any, shall be liable to be revoked under
section 64.
Notes:
1. Ins. by Act 38 of 2002, s. 22 (w.e.f. 20-5-2003).