40. Amendment of section 57.-In section 57 of the principal Act,-
(a) for sub-section (3), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:-
"(3) Any application for leave to amend an application for a patent or a complete specification or a document related thereto under this section made after the grant of patent and the nature of the proposed amendment may be published.";
(b) in sub-section (4),-
(i) for the word "advertised", the word "published" shall be substituted;
(ii) for the word "advertisement", the word "publication" shall be substituted;
(c) for sub-section (6), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:-
"(6) The provisions of this section shall be without prejudice to the right of an applicant for a patent to amend his specification or any other document related thereto to comply with the directions of the Controller issued before the grant of a patent.".
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