50Application or grant may be refused in certain cases

#### 50 Application or grant may be refused in certain cases (1) The Commissioner may refuse to accept a request and specification relating to a standard patent, or to grant a standard patent: (a) for an invention the use of which would be contrary to law; or (b) on the ground that the specification claims as an invention: (i) a substance that is capable of being used as food or medicine (whether for human beings or animals and whether for internal or external use) and is a mere mixture of known ingredients; or (ii) a process producing such a substance by mere admixture. (2) The Commissioner may refuse to accept a specification relating to a standard patent containing a claim that includes the name of a person as the name, or part of the name, of the invention so far as claimed in that claim.