Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts Sri Lanka Consolidated ActsUnlawful disclosure of information relating to patents
| 149. Any person who being or having been employed in or at the Registry, communicates any information relating to patents or matters connected therewith obtained by him during the course of his employment in or at the Registry to any person not entitled or authorized to receive such information, or discloses such information to the public or makes any other unlawful use of such information shall be guilty of an offence, and shall be liable on conviction after trial before a Magistrate to a fine not exceeding twenty thousand rupees or to imprisonment for a term, not exceeding twelve months or to both such fine and such imprisonment. |