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25 1946

INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH AND STANDARDS ACT, 1946

PART VII.

Scientific Research.

Conduct of research.

18. —The Institute shall carry out such researches, including researches on a laboratory or on a pilot plant scale, and such investigations, tests and analyses as the Minister may, after consultation with the Industrial Research Committee and the Director, request, and may, in addition, carry out such researches as aforesaid and such investigations, tests and analyses as the said Committee or the Director may from time to time think proper.

Discoveries and inventions.

19. —(1) Every discovery or invention resulting from researches or investigations undertaken by or on behalf of the Institute, except those discoveries and inventions referred to in subsection (2) of this section, shall be the property of the Minister.

(2) A discovery or invention resulting from researches or investigations undertaken by or on behalf of the Institute for any person (other than a Minister of State) shall not become the exclusive property of that person but shall become the property of the Minister and that person in such proportions as the Minister may determine after consultation with the Industrial Research Committee.

(3) The Minister shall, before publishing any discovery or invention, consult with the Industrial Research Committee and the Director as to the advisability of such publication.

(4) The Industrial Research Committee may, with the consent of the Minister, pay, out of moneys at the disposal of the Institute, to members of the staff of the Institute who have made important discoveries or inventions or have materially assisted in making such discoveries or inventions such bonuses or royalties as the said Committee may think proper.