Singapore legislation
Clause 3
Clause 3
Amendment of section 16
Section 16 of the Medicines Act is amended —
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 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;
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
a court has determined that the declaration —
contains a statement that is false or misleading in a material particular; or
omits to disclose any matter that is material to the application,and the determination or conviction (as the case may be) is final.”; and
by inserting, immediately after subsection (3), the following subsection:“(4) For the purposes of subsection (1B), a determination or conviction is final if —
it is upheld on appeal, review or revision;
it is not subject to further appeal;
it is not appealed against within the permitted time; or
any appeal against it is or is deemed to be withdrawn.”.