New Zealand Legislation: Acts
Acts are laws made by Parliament
(1) The Court, on application made by the Commissioner or by the New Zealand Institute of Patent Attorneys Incorporated with the leave in writing of the Attorney-General, may order the removal from the register of patent attorneys of the name of any patent attorney or the suspension from practice before the Patent Office of any patent attorney who—
(a) Is convicted of a crime involving dishonesty within the meaning of section 2 of the Crimes Act 1961; or
(b) Has been guilty of misconduct in his professional capacity and by reason thereof is not a fit and proper person to practise as a patent attorney; or
(c) Has otherwise been guilty of grave impropriety or infamous conduct and by reason thereof is not a fit and proper person to practise as a patent attorney.
(2) The Commissioner and the New Zealand Institute of Patent Attorneys Incorporated shall be entitled to appear and be heard on any such application.
(3) No person whose name has been removed from the register of patent attorneys under this section shall be again entered thereon except by direction of the Court.
Subsection (1)(a) was amended, as from 1 January 1962, by section 411(1) Crimes Act 1961 (1961 No 43) by substituting the words “within the meaning of section 2 of the Crimes Act 1961”
for the words “as defined by section two hundred and thirty-seven of the Crimes Act 1908”
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