Industrial and Commercial Property (Protection) Act, 1927
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Reports of officers to be privileged. |
126.—Reports of examiners and other officers made under this Act shall not in any case be published or be open to public inspection, and shall not be liable to production or inspection, and shall not be liable to production or inspection in any legal proceeding, unless the court or officer having power to order discovery in such legal proceeding certifies that such production or inspection is desirable in the interests of justice, and ought to be allowed: | |
Provided that, on application being made by any person in the prescribed form, the controller may disclose the result of a search made under section 19 (which relates to documents to accompany specifications) or section 20 (which relates to investigation of specifications published previous to application) or section 21 (which relates to investigation of specifications published subsequent to application) of this Act on any particular application for the grant of a patent. |