Section 47:
Grant of patents to be subject to certain conditions.
The grant of a patent under this Act shall
be subject to the condition that--
(1) any machine, apparatus or other article in respect of which the patent is granted or any article
made by using a process in respect of which the patent is granted, may be imported or made by or on
behalf of the Government for the purpose merely of its own use;
(2) any process in respect of which the patent is granted may be used by or on behalf of the
Government for the purpose merely of its own use;
(3) any machine, apparatus or other article in respect of which the patent is granted or any article
made by the use of the process in respect of which the patent is granted, may be made or used, and any
process in respect of which the patent is granted may be used, by any person, for the purpose merely of
experiment or research including the imparting of instructions to pupils; and
(4) in the case of a patent in respect of any medicine or drug, the medicine or drug may be imported
by the Government for the purpose merely of its own use or for distribution in any dispensary, hospital or
other medical institution maintained by or on behalf of the Government or any other dispensary, hospital
or other medical institution which the Central Government may, having regard to the public service that
such dispensary, hospital or medical institution renders, specify in this behalf by notification in the
Official Gazette.