6. Amendment of section 8.- In section 8 of the principal Act,-
(a) in sub-section (1),-
(i) for the words "within such period as the Controller may, for good and sufficient reasons, allow", the words "within the prescribed period as the Controller may allow" shall be substituted;
(ii) in clause (b), for the words "up to the date of the acceptance of his complete specification filed in India", the words "up to the date of grant of patent in India" shall be substituted;
(b) for sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:-
"(2) At any time after an application for patent is filed in India and till the grant of a patent or refusal to grant of a patent made thereon, the Controller may also require the applicant to furnish details, as may be prescribed, relating to the processing of the application in a country outside India, and in that event the applicant shall furnish to the Controller information available to him within such period as may be prescribed.".
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