118. Contravention of secrecy provisions relating to certain inventions.- If any person fails to comply with any direction given under section 35 *[or makes or causes to be made an application for the grant] or makes or causes to be made an application for the grant of a patent in contravention of section 39, he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both. [Inserted by Patents (Amendment) Act, 2002, section 48]
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