[17. Refusal of application in certain cases---(1) If it appears to
 the Commissioner in the case of any application for a patent that the
 use of the invention in respect of which the application is made would
 be contrary to morality, the Commissioner may refuse the application.

   (2) An appeal to the Court shall lie from any decision of the
 Commissioner under this section.]

       This section was substituted for the original s. 17 by s. 3 of the
     Patents Amendment Act 1994.