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Exceptions to patentability (section 10 of Principal Act).
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4.— Section 10 of the Principal Act is amended—
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(a) in paragraph (a), by substituting “commercial exploitation” for “publication or exploitation”,
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(b) in paragraph (b), by substituting “thereof;” for “thereof.”,
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(c) by inserting the following after paragraph (b):
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“(c) a method for treatment of the human or animal body by surgery or therapy and a diagnostic method practised on the human or animal body.”,
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(d) by renumbering the existing provision as subsection (1) of that section, and
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(e) by inserting the following:
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“(2) Subsection (1)(c) shall not apply to products, in particular substances or compositions, for use in any such method.”.
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