Singapore legislation
Clause 25
Clause 25
Grounds of invalidity of grants of protection
(1)
An application for a declaration of invalidity of any grant of protection on any ground referred to in subsection (2) may be made by any person to the Court.
(2)
A grant of protection shall be declared invalid if the Court is satisfied that —
the plant variety concerned is not new or distinct within the meaning of section 22;
where the grant of protection was made on the basis of an examination report by a prescribed examination authority lodged under section 18, the plant variety was not, at the time the grant of protection was made, stable or uniform within the meaning of section 22(1)(c) or (d), respectively; or
the grant of protection has been made to a person who is not entitled to it, unless it has since been transferred to the person who is so entitled.
(3)
The Registrar shall remove from the register any grant of protection which has been declared invalid by the Court under this section.