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THE PATENTS ACT, 1970 · PATENT AGENTS

Section 130 — Removal from register of patent agents and restoration

(1)The 5[Controller] may remove the name of any person from the register when 6[he] is satisfied, after giving that person a reasonable opportunity of being heard and after such further inquiry, if any, as 6[he] thinks fit to make—
(i)that his name has been entered in the register by error or on account of misrepresentation or suppression of material fact;
(ii)that he has been convicted of any offence and sentenced to a term of imprisonment or has been guilty of misconduct in his professional capacity which in the opinion of the 5[Controller] renders him unfit to be kept in the register.
(2)The 5[Controller] may, on application and on sufficient cause being shown, restore to the register the name of any person removed therefrom.