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Patents Act, 1970 · Chapter XIV — Patent Office and Its Establishment

Section 76: Officers and employees not to furnish information, etc.

Text of section 76

An officer or employee in the patent office shall not, except when required or authorised by this Act or under a direction in writing of the Central Government or the Controller or by order of a court,—

(a) furnish information on a matter which is being, or has been, or dealt with under this Act;

(b) prepare or assist in the preparation of a document required or permitted by or under this Act to be lodged in the patent office; or

(c) conduct a search in the records of the patent office.

All sections of the Patents Act, 1970

Text of the Patents Act, 1970 as amended up to 2024, from the consolidated version published by the Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks (IP India). Reproduced under section 52(1)(q) of the Copyright Act, 1957. Check the official text before relying on it.