New Zealand Legislation: Acts
Acts are laws made by Parliament
(1) If it appears to the Commissioner in the case of any application for a patent that the use of the invention in respect of which the application is made would be contrary to morality, the Commissioner may refuse the application.
(2) An appeal to the Court shall lie from any decision of the Commissioner under this section.
Compare: Patents Act 1949, s 10 (UK); 1939 No 26 s 71
This section was substituted, as from 1 January 1995, by section 3 Patents Amendment Act 1994 (1994 No 122). See sections 17 and 18 of that Act as to the transitional provisions. See regulation 2 Patents Amendment Act Commencement Order 1994 (SR 1994/302).
