law: Patents Act, 1970
  38. Revocation of secrecy, directions and extension of
  
  time
  When any direction given under section 35 is revoked by the
  
  Controller, then, notwithstanding any provisions of this Act specifying the
  
  time within which any step should be taken or any act done in connection with
  
  an application for the patent, the Controller may, subject to such conditions,
  
  if any, as he thinks fit to impose, extend the time for doing anything required
  
  to be done by or under this Act in connection with the application, whether or
  
  not that time has previously expired.