Patents Ordinance, 2000 — section 75

75. Penalty for refusal or failure to supply information..—(1) If any person refuses or fails to furnish to the Controller any information or statement which he is required to furnish by or under this Ordinance, he shall be punishable with fine which may extend to 2[five thousand rupees].

(2)If any person, being required to furnish any such information as is referred to in sub-section (1), furnishes information or a statement which is false, and which he either knows or has reasons to believe to be false or does not believe to be true, he shall be punishable with fine which may extend to 3[fifty thousand rupees]. 76. Penalty for contravention of section 20. If the applicant fails to file the statement required under section 20 or has furnished information which in any material particular is false to his knowledge or if he fails to comply with the Controller’s request within the specified time, he shall be punishable with fine which may extend to 4[five thousand rupees]. 1 Subs, by the Patents (Amdt.) Ordinance, 2002 (95 of 2002) s. 16 for certain words. 2 Subs. ibid., s. 17 for “two thousand rupees”. 3 Subs.ibid, for “ten thousand rupees”. 4 Subs. Ibid., s.18,for “two thousand rupees”. 77. Penalty for practice by non-registered patent agents. If any person contravenes the provisions of section 82, he shall be punishable with fine which may extend to 1[twenty five thousand rupees] in the case of a first offence and 2[one hundred thousand rupees] in the case of a second or subsequent offence. 3 [78. Offences by companies etc. Where the person guilty of an offence under this Ordinance is a company, corporation, firm or institution, every owner, director, and employee of the company, firm, institution, or corporation, having knowledge of the offence and consented to the commission of the offence shall be guilty of the offence]. CHAPTER XX PATENT AGENTS 79. Register of patent agents. There shall be kept at the Patent Office a register of patent agents wherein shall be entered the names and addresses of all person qualified to practice before the Patent Office as patent agents. 80. Registration as patent agent. The Controller may, on an application made in the prescribed manner, register as a patent agent any person who is a citizen of Pakistan, has completed the age of twenty-one years, possesses the prescribed qualifications and has paid the prescribed fee.