Section 130:
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.
Notes:
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).