Section 13 - Amendment of Act 39 of 1970 - The Tribunals Reforms Act, 2021

CHAPTER VIII AMENDMENTS TO THE PATENTS ACT, 1970 Amendment of Act 39 of 1970 13 . 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.