The Patents Act, 1970 130Chapter XXI · Patent Agents
Section 130 · Removal from register of patent agents and restoration
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(1) The 1[Controller] may remove
the name of any person from the register when 2[he] is satisfied, after giving that person a reasonable
opportunity of being heard and after such further inquiry, if any, as 2[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 1[Controller] renders him unfit to be kept in the register.
(2) The 1[Controller] may, on application and on sufficient cause being shown, restore to the register the name of any person removed therefrom.
(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 1[Controller] renders him unfit to be kept in the register.
(2) The 1[Controller] may, on application and on sufficient cause being shown, restore to the register the name of any person removed therefrom.
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