Patents Ordinance, 2000 — section 90

90. Restrictions upon publication of specifications, etc. Subject to the provisions of Chapter VII, an application for a patent, and any specification filed in pursuance thereof, shall not, except with the consent of the applicant, be published by the Controller or be open to public inspection at any time before the date of advertisement of acceptance of the application in the official Gazette 1[or in the Patents’ jounal].