Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A03104:schedule:2:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A03104
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 2 (pt 1/13)
Character Range: 164472–167334

Schedule 2—
Omit "Paragraph 7 (1) (a)", substitute "Paragraph 7c (1) (a)".

Patents Act 1952

Sub-section 16 (1)—
Add at the foot the following:
"Penalty: $1,000 or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.".

Sub-section 16 (2)—
Omit "Penalty: $100.", substitute the following:
"Penalty for contravention of this sub-section:
     (a) in the case of a natural person—$1,000 or imprisonment for 6 months, or both; or
     (b) in the case of a body corporate—$5,000.".

Section 17—
Omit "$100", substitute "$1,000 or imprisonment for 6 months, or both".

Sub-section 18 (1)—
Omit "$200", substitute "$2,000".

Section 19—
Repeal the section, substitute the following section:

Officers not to furnish information, &c.
"19. (1) An officer or person employed in the Patent Office who, except when required or authorized by this Act, or under a direction in writing of the Commissioner or by order of a court, furnishes information on a matter that is being, or has been, dealt with under this Act or under the repealed Acts, is guilty of an offence punishable, on conviction, by a fine not exceeding $2,000 or imprisonment for a period not exceeding 12 months, or both.
"(2) An officer or person employed in the Patent Office who, except when required or authorized by this Act, or under a direction in writing of the Commissioner or by order of a court—
     (a) prepares, or assists in the preparation of, a document required or permitted by or under this Act to be lodged in the Patent Office; or
     (b) conducts a search in the records of the Patent Office,
is guilty of an offence punishable, on conviction, by a fine not exceeding $1,000.".

Section 33—
Omit "Penalty: Imprisonment for 3 years.", substitute the following:
"Penalty:
     (a) in the case of a natural person—$5,000 or imprisonment for 2 years, or both; or
     (b) in the case of a body corporate—$25,000.".

Sub-section 34 (1)—
Omit "a British subject", substitute "an Australian citizen".

SCHEDULE 1—continued

After paragraph 54b (1) (e)—
Insert the following paragraph:
     "(ea) the abstract of the complete specification;".

After paragraph 54b (2) (b)—
Insert the following paragraph:
     "(ba) the abstract of the petty patent specification;".

Paragraphs 55 (1) (c) and (cb)—
Insert "or an abstract of such a specification" after "inspection".

Sub-section 131 (2)—
Omit all the words after "sub-section (1).", substitute the following:
"Penalty:
     (a) in the case of a natural person—$5,000 or imprisonment for 2 years, or both; or
     (b) in the case of a body corporate—$25,000.".

Paragraph 133 (3) (a)—
Omit the paragraph, substitute the following paragraph:
"(a) is an Australian citizen;".

Sub-sections 136 (1) and (2)—
Omit "$200", substitute "$1,000".

Sub-section 136 (3)—
Omit "$200", substitute "$5,000".

Sub-section 136 (4) and section 137—
Omit "$200", substitute