Singapore legislation
Clause 62
of Patents Bill
Clause 62
Interpretation, etc., of provisions about Government use
(1)
Any reference in section 61 to a patented invention, in relation to any time, is a reference to an invention for which a patent has before that time been, or is subsequently, granted.
(2)
In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires, “the services of the Government” includes —
the supply of anything for foreign defence purposes;
the production or supply of drugs and medicines required for the provision of pharmaceutical, medical or dental services in any dispensary, hospital or other medical institution maintained by or on behalf of the Government and in any dispensary, hospital or medical institution which the Minister may specify by notification in the Gazette; and
such purposes relating to the production or use of atomic energy or research into matters connected therewith as the Minister thinks necessary or expedient,and “use for the services of the Government” shall be construed accordingly.
(3)
In subsection (2)(a) and section 61(1)(a), references to a sale or supply of anything for foreign defence purposes are references to a sale or supply of the thing —
to the government of any country outside Singapore in pursuance of an agreement or arrangement between the Government and the government of that country, where the thing is required for the defence of that country or of any other country whose government is party to any agreement or arrangement with the Government in respect of defence matters; or
to the United Nations, or to the government of any country belonging to that organisation, in pursuance of an agreement or arrangement between the Government and that organisation or government, where the thing is required for any armed forces operating in pursuance of a resolution of that organisation or any organ of that organisation.