Clause 6

Subject to sections 65A to 65C, but notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any Government department, and any person authorised in writing by a Government department, may make, use, exercise and vend any patented invention for the services of the Government and anything done by virtue of this section shall not amount to an infringement of the patent.(2) For the purposes of this section and section 63 —

any use of an invention for the supply to the government of any country outside Singapore, in pursuance of any agreement or arrangement between the Government of Singapore and the government of that country, of articles required for the defence of that country shall be deemed to be a use of the invention for the services of the Government of Singapore;

the power of a Government department or a person authorised by a Government department under this section to make, use, exercise and vend a patented invention shall include the power to sell to any person any articles made in the exercise of the powers conferred by this section that are no longer required for the purpose for which they were made;

the power of a Government department or a person authorised by a Government department under this section to vend a patented invention shall not, in the case of a patent relating to an integrated circuit, extend to sale of the invention to the public.(3) The purchaser of any articles sold in the exercise of the powers conferred by this section, and any person claiming through the purchaser, shall have power to deal with them in the same manner as if the patent were held on behalf of the Government.”.