The Patents Act,1970
Section 130. Removal from register of patent agents and restoration
(1) The 1[Controller] may remove the name of any person from the register when it 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; or
(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 3[Controller] renders him unfit to be kept in the register.
(2) The 3[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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1. Substituted for “Central Government”, ibid.
2. Substituted for “it”, ibid.
3. Substituted for “Central govt.” by Patents (Amdt.) Act,2002, w.e.f. 20-5-2003 vide S.0.561(E), dt. 20-5-2003.