Patents Amendment Act 14 of 1979

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14 of 1979

Patents Amendment Act,1979 (No. 14 of 1979)

GENERAL EXPLANATORY NOTE:

[ ]  Words in bold type in square brackets indicate omissions from existing enactments. 
__ Words underlined with solid line indicate insertions in existing enactments.

Act

  • to amend the Patents Act, 1978, so as
    • to further regulate the extension of the terms of certain patents; and
    • to effect a certain textual improvement; and
  • to provide for incidental matters.

(English text signed by the State President.)
(Assented to 6 March 1979.) 

Be it enacted by the State President, the Senate and the House of Assembly of the Republic of South Africa, as follows:-

Amendment of section 3 of Act 57 of 1978.

1. (1) Section 3 of the Patents Act, 1978 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), is hereby amended by the substitution for paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of the following paragraph: 

"(d) be subject to the provisions of section 39 of the repealed law, except that the term of any such patent shall not be extended for a period exceeding five years.".

(2) Any extension of the term of a patent in terms of section 3 (1) (d) of the principal Act granted after 30 January 1979 for a longer period than five years, shall be deemed to have been granted for a period not exceeding five years.

Amendment of section 31 of Act 57 of 1978.

2. Section 31 of the principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for subsection (5) of the following subsection:

"(5) If no priority is claimed from · an application accompanied by a provisional [application] specification within the period specified in subparagraph (i) of subsection (1), the application shall lapse.".

Short title.

3. This Act shall be called the Patents Amendment Act, 1979.

Commencement

14 March 1979

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