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Patents Act, 1978 (Act No. 57 of 1978)

Chapter XV : Offences and penalties

81. Penalties for making false entries in the register, or making, producing or tendering false entries or copies

 

 

Any person who—

(a) makes or causes to be made a false entry in the register;
(b) makes or causes to be made a writing falsely purporting to be a copy of an entry in the register; or
(c) produces or tenders or causes to be produced or tendered as evidence any such entry or copy thereof,

knowing it to be false, shall be guilty of an offence and on conviction liable to a fine not exceeding R1 000 or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 12 months or to both such fine and such imprisonment.