15. Amendment of section 16.- In section 16 of the principal Act,-
(a) in sub-section (1), for the words "before the acceptance of the complete specification", the words "before the grant of the patent" shall be substituted;
(b) for the Explanation, the following Explanation shall be substituted, namely:-
"Explanation.-For the purposes of this Act, the further application and the complete specification accompanying it shall be deemed to have been filed on the date on which the first mentioned application had been filed, and the further application shall be proceeded with as a substantive application and be examined when the request for examination is filed within the prescribed period.".
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