*[89. General purposes
for granting compulsory licences.-The powers of the
Controller upon an application made under section 84 shall
be exercised with a view to securing the following general
purposes, that is to say,-
(a) that patented inventions are worked on a commercial scale
in the territory of India without undue delay and to the fullest
extent that is reasonably practicable;
(b) that the interests of any person for the time being working
or developing an invention in the territory of India under
the protection of a patent are not unfairly prejudiced.
*[Inserted by Patents (Amendment) Act, 2002, section 39]
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