Designs Act, 2000

Section - 28 - Prohibition and publication of specification, drawings, etc., where applica­tion abandoned, etc

Prohibition and publication of specification, drawings, etc., where applica­tion abandoned, etc.
28. Where an application for a design has been abandoned or refused, the application and any drawings, photographs, tracings, representations or specimens left in connection with the application shall not at any time be open to public inspection or be published by the Controller.
 
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