Section 6 Power to abolish office of clerk of the patents, and transfer the duties.

. . . F1, all the duties and powers of the clerk of the patents shall be performed by and vested in the clerk of the Crown in Chancery or his officers in such manner as the Lord Chancellor may from time to time direct.

Nothing in this section shall apply to the clerk of the Commissioners of Patents, so far as relates to letters patent under the M1Patent Law Amendment Act 1852 and the Acts amending the same.