Singapore legislation

Clause 3

of Medicines (Amendment) Bill

Clause 3

Amendment of section 16

Section 16 of the Medicines Act is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (1), the following subsections:“(1A) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the licensing authority may, upon the request of the holder of a licence, revoke the licence.(1B) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the licensing authority may, upon an application by any interested person, revoke a product licence if he is satisfied that —

(a)

a court, or the Registrar of Patents or a Deputy Registrar of Patents holding office under the Patents Act (Cap. 221), has determined that the doing of an act authorised by the licence infringes a patent under the Patents Act;

(b)

the person who made a declaration referred to in section 12A(2) in support of the application for the licence has been convicted for an offence under section 20 in respect of the declaration; or

(c)

a court has determined that the declaration —

(i)

contains a statement that is false or misleading in a material particular; or

(ii)

omits to disclose any matter that is material to the application,and the determination or conviction (as the case may be) is final.”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (3), the following subsection:“(4) For the purposes of subsection (1B), a determination or conviction is final if —

(a)

it is upheld on appeal, review or revision;

(b)

it is not subject to further appeal;

(c)

it is not appealed against within the permitted time; or

(d)

any appeal against it is or is deemed to be withdrawn.”.

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