Chapters & Sections
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Section 140
Section 141
Section 142
Section 143
Section 144
Section 145
Section 146
Section 147
Section 148
Section 149
Section 150
Section 151
Section 152
Section 153
Section 154
Section 155
Section 156
Section 157
Section 157A
Section 158
Section 159
Section 160
Section 161
Section 162
Section 163
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Preliminary
SECTION 1.
SHORT TITLE, EXTENT AND COMMENCEMENT
- This Act may be called the Patents Act, 1970.
- It extends to the whole of India.
- It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint:
Provided that different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act, and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision.