Section 23A
Applications by residents to be filed in Malaysia first
No person who is a resident shall, without written authority granted by the Registrar, file or cause to be filed outside Malaysia an application for a patent for an invention unless—
(a)
an application for a patent for the same invention has been filed in the Patent Registration Office not less than two months before the application outside Malaysia; and
(b)
either no directions have been issued by the Registrar under section 30A in relation to the application or all such directions have been revoked.
(2)
An application for the grant of a written authority by the
Registrar referred to in subsection (1) shall be made by the resident in the prescribed manner together with the payment of the prescribed fee.