Clause 14

by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:“(1) Subject to sections 60, 61 and 62, but notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Government and any party authorised in writing by the Government may do anything in relation to a patented invention —

for a public non-commercial purpose; or

for or during a national emergency or other circumstances of extreme urgency,and anything done by virtue of this section shall not amount to an infringement of the patent.”;

by deleting the words “the services of the Government of Singapore;” in subsection (2)(a) and substituting the words “a public non-commercial purpose; and”;

by deleting paragraph (b) of subsection (2);

by deleting the words “the power of a Government department or a person authorised by a Government department under this section to vend a patented invention” in subsection (2)(c) and substituting the words “the power of the Government or any party authorised by the Government to do anything in accordance with this section”;

by inserting, immediately after subsection (3), the following subsection:“(4) In this section, “integrated circuit” means a product, in its final or an intermediate form, in which the elements, at least one of which is an active element, and some or all of the interconnections are integrally formed in and on, or in or on, a piece of material and which is intended to perform an electronic function.”; and

by deleting the words “for services of Government” in the section heading and substituting the words “by Government and authorised parties”.