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Title : THE GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS OF GOODS (REGISTRATION AND PROTECTION) ACT, 1999
Year : 1999
Act :
CHAPTER VII
APPEALS TO THE APPELLATE BOARD
31.Appeal to the Appellate Board.
31. Appeals to the Appellate Board.-(1) Any person aggrieved by an order or decision of the Registrar under this Act, or the rules made thereunder, may prefer an appeal to the Appellate Board within three months from the date on which the order or decisi n sought to be appealed against is communicated to such person preferring the appeal.
(2) No appeal shall be admitted if it is preferred after the expiry of the period specified under sub-section (1): Provided that an appeal may be admitted after the expiry of the period specified therefor, if the appellant satisfies the Appellate Board that he had sufficient cause for not preferring the appeal within the specified period. (3)
An appeal to the Appellate Board shall be in the prescribed form and shall be verified in the prescribed manner and shall be accompanied by a copy of the order or decision appealed against and such fees as may be prescribed.
32.Bar of jurisdiction of courts, etc.
32. Bar of jurisdiction of courts, etc.-No court or other authority shall have or, be entitled to, exercise any jurisdiction, powers or authority in relation to the matters referred to in sub-section (1) of section 31.33.Procedure of the Appellate Board.
33. Procedure of the Appellate Board.-The provisions of sub-sections
(2), (3), (4), (5), (6) of section 84, section 87, section 92, section
95 and section 96 of the Trade Marks Act, 1999, shall apply to the
Appellate Board in the discharge of its functio s under this Act as they apply to it in the discharge of its functions under the Trade
Marks Act, 1999.34.Procedure for application for rectification, etc., before AppellateBaord.
34. Procedure for application for rectification, etc., before
Appellate Board.-(1) An application for rectification of the register made to the Appellate Board under section 27 shall be in such form as may be prescribed.
(2) A certified copy of every order or judgment of the Appellate Board relating to a registered geographical indication under this Act shall be communicated to the Registrar by the Appellate Board and the
Registrar shall give effect to the order of the B ard and shall, when so directed, amend the entries in, or rectify, the register in accordance with such order.
35.Appearance of Reistrar in legal proceedings.
35. Appearance of Registrar in legal proceedings.-(1) The Registrar shall have the right to appear and be heard-
(a) in any legal proceedings before the Appellate Board in which the relief sought includes alteration or rectification of the register or in which any question relating to the practice of the Geographical
Indications Registry is raised;
(b) in any appeal to the Board from an order of the Registrar on an application for registration of a geographical indication or authorised user-
(i) which is not opposed, and the application is either refused by the
Registrar or is accepted by him subject to any amendments, modifications, conditions or limitations, or
(ii) which has been opposed and the Registrar considers that his appearance is necessary in the public interest, and the Registrar shall appear in any case if so directed by the Board.
(2) Unless the Appellate Board otherwise directs, the Registrar may, in lieu of appearing, submit a statement in writing signed by him, giving such particulars as he thinks proper of the proceedings before him relating to the matter in issue or of the gr unds of any decision given by him affecting it, or of the practice of the Geographical
Indications Registry in like cases, or of other matters relevant to the issues and within his knowledge as Registrar, and such statement shall be evidence in the proce ding.
36.Costs of Registrar in proceedings before Appellate Board.
36. Costs of Registrar in proceedings before Appellate Board.-In all proceedings under this Act before the Appellate Board the costs of the
Registrar shall be in the discretion of the Board, but the Registrar shall not be ordered to pay the costs of any f the parties.
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OFFENCES, PENALTIES AND PROCEDURE
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