Singapore legislation
Clause 27
of Patents Bill
Clause 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then, as soon as possible after the end of the prescribed period, the Registrar shall, unless the application is withdrawn, treated as having been abandoned or refused before preparations for its publication have been completed by the Registry, publish it as filed (including not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 amendments of those claims and new claims subsisting immediately before the completion of those preparations) and he may, if so requested by the applicant, publish it as aforesaid during that period, and in either event shall publish the fact and date of its publication in the journal.
(2)
The Registrar may omit from the specification of a published application for a patent any matter —
which in his opinion disparages any person in a way likely to damage him; or
the publication or exploitation of which would in his opinion be generally expected to encourage offensive, immoral or anti-social behaviour.