30. Amendment of section 37.-In section 37 of the principal Act,-
(a) in sub-section (1),-
(i) in clause (a), for the words "to accept", the words "to grant" shall be substituted;
(ii) for the proviso, the following proviso shall be substituted, namely:-
"Provided that the application may, subject to the directions, proceed up to the stage of grant of the patent, but the application and the specification found to be in order for grant of the patent shall not be published, and no patent shall be granted in pursuance of that application.";
(b) in sub-section (2), for the words "is accepted", the words "is found to be in order for grant of the patent" shall be substituted.
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