Patents Act · s 12

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s 12Officers not to furnish information

(1)

An officer or person employed in the Registry shall not, except when required or authorised by this Act, or under a direction in writing of the

Registrar or by order of a court —

(a)

furnish information on a matter which is being, or has been, 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 Registry; or

(c)

conduct a search in the records of the Registry.

(2)

Any person who contravenes subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or both.

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