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Management of register of patent agents.
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63.—(1) Any person who—
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(a) resides or has a place of business in Saorstát Eireann, and
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(b) is not an alien, and
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(c) possesses the prescribed educational and professional qualifications, and
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(d) complies with the prescribed conditions,
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shall be eligible to be registered in the register of patent agents and shall on application in the prescribed form and manner and payment of the prescribed fee be so registered.
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(2) Any person registered in the register of patent agents who
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(a) ceases to be eligible to be so registered, or
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(b) is proved to the satisfaction of the Minister to have been convicted of such an offence or to have been guilty of such misconduct as renders him unfit in the opinion of the Minister to be a patent agent, or
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(c) applies to be removed from the register,
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may be removed by the Minister from the register of patent agents, but no person shall be so removed (except on his own application) without being given an opportunity of being heard.
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(3) The Minister may by order make rules for the management of the register of patent agents and may by such rules prescribe any matter or thing referred to in this section as prescribed, and in particular may so prescribe the educational and professional qualifications and the conditions for eligibility for registration in that register, and the maximum fees which may be charged by any person registered in the register of patent agents or by any solicitor for such services in connection with the application for or the obtaining of patents as may be specified in such rules.
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(4) If a register of clerks is established under this Act the Minister may by order make rules for the management of such register and may by such rules prescribe the qualifications and conditions for eligibility for and the fees to be paid on registration in such register.
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(5) In this section the word “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this section.
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