Act Number: 33

Act Name: The Tribunals Reforms Act, 2021

Year: 2021

Enactment Date: 2021-08-13

Long Title: An Act further to amend the Cinematograph Act, 1952, the Customs Act, 1962, the Airports Authority of India Act, 1994, the Trade Marks Act, 1999 and the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act, 2001 and certain other Acts.

Ministry: Ministry of Finance

Department: Department of Revenue

Section 13: Amendment of Act 39 of 1970.
    In the Patents Act, 1970,--
        (a) in section 2, in sub-section (1),--
            (i) clause (a) shall be omitted;
            (ii) in clause (u), sub-clause (B) shall be omitted;
        (b) in section 52, the words “Appellate Board or”, wherever they occur, shall be omitted;
        (c) in section 58,--
            (i) the words “the Appellate Board or”, wherever they occur, shall be omitted;
            (ii) the words “as the case may be” shall be omitted;
        (d) in section 59, the words “the Appellate Board or” shall be omitted;
        (e) in section 64, in sub-section (1), the words “by the Appellate Board” shall be omitted;
        (f) in section 71, for the words “Appellate Board” and “Board”, wherever they occur, the words “High Court” shall be substituted;
        (g) in section 76, the words “or Appellate Board” shall be omitted;
        (h) in section 113,--
            (i) in sub-section (1),--
                (A) the words “the Appellate Board or”, wherever they occur, shall be omitted;
                (B) the words “as the case may be” shall be omitted;
            (ii) in sub-section (3), the words “or the Appellate Board” shall be omitted;
        (i) in Chapter XIX, for the Chapter heading, the Chapter heading “APPEALS” shall be substituted;
        (j) sections 116 and 117 shall be omitted;
        (k) in section 117A, for the words “Appellate Board”, wherever they occur, the words “High Court” shall be substituted;
        (l) sections 117B, 117C and 117D shall be omitted;
        (m) in section 117E, for the words “Appellate Board”, wherever they occur, the words “High Court” shall be substituted;
        (n) sections 117F, 117G and 117H shall be omitted;
        (o) in section 151,--
            (i) in sub-section (1), the words “or the Appellate Board”, at both the places where they occur, shall be omitted;
            (ii) in sub-section (3), for the words “the Appellate Board or the courts, as the case may be”, the words “the courts” shall be substituted;
        (p) in section 159, in sub-section (2), clauses (xiia), (xiib) and (xiic) shall be omitted.
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