Without prejudice to the provisions
contained in Chapter XX, if in respect of an application for a patent any person contravenes any direction
as to secrecy given by the Controller under section 35 1[or makes or causes to be made an application for
grant of a patent outside India in contravention of section 39], or the application for patent under this Act
shall be deemed to have been abandoned and the patent granted, if any, shall be liable to be revoked under
section 64.
1. Ins. by Act 38 of 2002, s. 22 (w.e.f. 20-5-2003).