Patents Act : Liability for contravention of section 35 or section 39. Indian Bare Acts :

Patents Act,1970

Act No : 39

Section : Liability for contravention of section 35 or section 39.

40.Liability for contravention of section 35 or section 39. Without prejudice to the provisions contained in Chapter XX, if in respect of an application for a patent any person contravenes any direction as to secrecy given by the Controller under section 35 or makes or causes to be made an application for the grant of a patent outside India in contravention of section 39, the application for patent under this Act shall be deemed to have been abandoned and the patent granted, if any, shall be liable to be revoked under section 64.