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No. 22 of 2016]
Industrial Design
the satisfaction of the court that the act constituting the offence
was done without the knowledge, consent or connivance of the
director or manager or that the director or manager took reasonable
steps to prevent the commission of the offence.
General
offence
General
penalty
92. A person who—
(a) provides false information in an application for the
registration of a design;
(b) makes or causes to be made a false entry in the Register,
or any document purporting it to be a copy of an entry
in the Register or produces or tenders or causes to be
produced or tendered in evidence any such document,
knowing the entry or document to be false;
(c) alters or defaces or partly removes, erases or obliterates
any document issued by the Registrar;
(d) makes or submits a false statement or representation,
whether orally or in writing, to the Registrar or Agency
knowing the same to be false;
(e) knowingly uses, in any way, words, whether orally or in
writing, or acts in a manner which lead other persons to
believe that the person is an employee or agent of the
Agency;
(f) having innocently made a false statement or representation,
whether orally or in writing, for the purpose of procuring
or influencing the doing or omission of anything in relation
to this Act and who on becoming aware that such
statement or representation was false, fails to advise
the Registrar of such falsity;
(g) after having been sworn, willfully gives false evidence
before the Registrar knowing such evidence to be false
or not knowing or believing it to be true;
(h) aids, abets, counsels or procures the commission of an
offence or is in any way directly or indirectly a party to
the commission of an offence; or
(i) otherwise breaches any other provision of this Act;
commits an offence and is liable, upon conviction, to a fine not
exceeding five hundred thousand penalty units or to imprisonment
for a term not exceeding five years, or to both.
93. A person who contravenes any provision of this Act, where
no specific penalty has been provided is liable, upon conviction, to
a fine not exceeding four hundred thousand penalty units or to
imprisonment for a term not exceeding four years, or to both.
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