Act Number: 39

Act Name: The Patents Act, 1970

Year: 1970

Enactment Date: 1970-09-19

Long Title: An Act to amend and consolidate the law relating to patents.

Ministry: Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Department: Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade

Section 160: Rules to be placed before Parliament.
    Every rule made under this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of Parliament while it is in session for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or 1[in two or more successive sessions, and if before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid] both Houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both Houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule.
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 4 of 1986, s. 2 and the Schedule, for certain words (w.e.f. 15-5-1986).
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