130. Removal from register of patent agents and restoration
(1)
The [Controller] may remove the name of any person from the register when [he] is satisfied, after giving that person a reasonable opportunity of being heard and after such further inquiry, if any, as [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 [Controller] renders him unfit to be kept in the register.
(2)
The [Controller] may, on application and on sufficient cause being shown, restore to the register the name of any person removed therefrom.
Amendment notes (2)
- Subs w.e.f. 20-5-2003 . Subs. by s. 55, ibid., for "Central Government" (w.e.f. 20-5-2003).
- Subs w.e.f. 20-5-2003 . Subs. by s. 55, ibid., for "it" (w.e.f. 20-5-2003).