Patents Act, 1992

Obtaining evidence for proceedings under European Patent Convention.

130.—(1) The Foreign Tribunals' Evidence Act, 1856 (in this section subsequently referred to as “the Act of 1856”), shall apply in relation to any competent authority constituted under the European Patent Convention as it applies in relation to any court or tribunal of competent jurisdiction in a foreign country and accordingly the reference in section 1 of that Act to a court or tribunal of competent jurisdiction in a foreign country shall be construed as including a reference to a competent authority so constituted.

(2) In the application of the Act of 1856, the Court may order the examination upon oath of any witness before the Controller.

(3) Any person who, being examined on oath before the Controller pursuant to the Act of 1856, as extended by this section, wilfully gives false evidence shall be liable to the penalties of perjury.