Singapore legislation
Section 27
Section 27
Publication of application
(1)
Subject to section 33, where an application has a date of filing, then, as soon as possible after the end of the prescribed period, the Registrar must, unless the application is withdrawn in the prescribed manner, treated as having been abandoned or refused before preparations for its publication have been completed by the Registry, publish it as filed (including not only the original claims but also any amendment of those claims and new claims subsisting immediately before the completion of those preparations).
(2)
The Registrar may, if so requested by the applicant, publish the application as mentioned in subsection (1) during the prescribed period, and in either event must publish the fact and date of its publication in the journal.
(3)
The Registrar may omit from the specification of a published application for a patent any matter —
which in the Registrar’s opinion disparages any person in a way likely to damage the person; or
the publication or exploitation of which would in the Registrar’s opinion be generally expected to encourage offensive, immoral or anti-social behaviour.