Patents (g) [CAP.400 45 fOI assisting the relief of suffering and the restoration and distribution of essential supplies and services in any part of Her Britannic' Majesty's dominions or any foreign coun­ .tries that are in grave distress as the result of war; . and any reference in that section or in section forty-two to the ser­ . vices of the State shall be construed as including a reference to the purposes aforesaid. (As amended by C.N. No. 185 of 1964 and S.l. No. 175 of 1965) 42. (l) Any dispute as to­ (a) the exercise by a Government department or a person authorised by the Minister of the powers conferred by sec­ tionforty; (b) the terms for the use of an invention for the services of the State thereunder; (e) the compensation payable upon a reference r.) the High Court under subsection (5) of section twenty-four; or (d) the right of any person to receive any part of a payment determined in terms of paragraph (b) or (e); may be referred to the High Court by any party'to the dispute in such manner as may be prescribed. (2; In any proceedings under this section to which a Government department is a party, the Minister may­ (a) if the patentee is a party to the proceedings, apply for revo­ cation of the patent upon any ground upon which a patent may be revoked under section fifty; . (b) in any case, put in issue the validity of the patent without applying for its revocation. (3) If in such proceedings as aforesaid any question arises whether an invention has been recorded or tried as mentioned in section forty, or has been used by or on behalf of or to the order of a Government department under subsection (4) of section twenty-four, and the disclosure of any document recording the invention, or of any evidence of the trial or use thereof, would, in the opinion of the Minister, be prejudicial to the public interest, the disclosure may be made confidentially to counsel appearing for the other party or to an independent expert agreed upon by the parties. (4) In determining under this section any dispute between a Government department and any person as to terms for the use of an invention for the services of the State, the High Court shall have regard to any benefit or compensation which that person or any person from whom he derives title may have received, or may be Reference of disputes as to Stale use