Patents [No. 40 of 2016 (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. 124. 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. PART XVII GENERAL PROVISIONS 125. Subject to this Act, where any discretionary or other power is given to the Registrar, the Registrar shall not exercise that power adversely or arbitrarily and a person challenging a decision of the Registrar has the right to apply to the High Court. 126. (1) The Registrar shall sit with such number of assessors, in all proceedings brought before the Registrar. (2) The Registrar shall appoint the assessors, referred to in subsection (1), as and when required and such assessors shall be remunerated by the agency as the Minister may prescribe. 127. (1) A certificate purporting to be signed by the Registrar and certifying that an entry, which the Registrar is authorised in accordance with this Act to make, has or has not been made or that any other thing which the Registrar is so authorised to do, has or has not been done, shall be prima-facie evidence of the matters so certified. (2) A copy of any entry in the Register or any other register maintained in accordance with this Act or any document or an extract from the Register or any such register or document certified by the Registrar shall be admitted in evidence without further proof and without production of the original. 128. Subject to this Act, the Registrar shall, on the request of any person and on payment of the prescribed fee, furnish copies of any document which is open to public inspection and which is lodged in the Register or any other register, which is maintained in accordance with this Act, or furnishes a certificate in respect of the document. 853 General penalty Exercise of discretionary power Registrar to sit with assessors in determining matter Evidence of certain entries and documents Requests for information

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