130. Removal from
register of patent agents and restoration. –
(1) The Controller
may remove the name of any person from the register when he is satisfied, after
giving that person a reasonable opportunity of being heard and after such
further inquiry, if any, as he thinks fit to make—
(i) that his
name has been entered in the register by error or on account of
misrepresentation or suppression of material fact;
(ii) that he
has been convicted of any offence and sentenced to a term of imprisonment or
has been guilty of misconduct in his professional capacity which in the opinion
of the Controller renders him unfit to be kept in the register.
(2) The Controller
may, on application and on sufficient cause being shown, restore to the
register the name of any person removed therefrom.