Layout-designs of Integrated
Circuits
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PART IV
PUBLIC NON-COMMERCIAL PURPOSES
47. An act done by the Government, or by a person authorised,
in writing, by the Government, in relation to a protected layoutdesign shall not be an infringement of the rights of the qualified
owner in the layout-design if the act is done for a public noncommercial purpose.
Use for
public noncommercial
purpose
48. The right to do an act in relation to a protected layoutdesign in accordance with section forty-seven—
(a) is non-exclusive and non-assignable;
(b) is limited to a public non-commercial purpose;
(c) is subject to the terms of any authorisation referred to in
that section;
(d) shall not permit the sale of the layout-design, a copy of
the layout-design or an integrated circuit in which the
layout-design is incorporated, whether or not the
integrated circuit is contained in another article; and
(e) is limited to the doing of the act in the Republic.
Scope and
nature of
right
49. (1) Where an act has been done in accordance with
section forty-seven, the Government shall—
(a) if the act has been done in situations of national emergency
or other circumstances of extreme urgency, as soon as
reasonably practicable, inform the qualified owner that
the act has been done; or
(b) in any other case, inform the qualified owner promptly
that the act has been done.
Duty to
inform
qualified
owner
(2) The Government shall give to the qualified owner such
information about the acts, done in accordance with subsection
(1), as the qualified owner requires.
(3) Nothing in subsection (1) or (2) requires the Government
to inform the qualified owner or disclose information to the qualified
owner if doing so shall or may prejudice the defence or security of
the Republic.
50. Where an act is done in accordance with section fortyseven, the Government shall pay such compensation to the qualified
owner—
(a) as may be agreed between the Government and the
qualified owner;
Qualified
owner
entitled to
remuneration