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Section 31
The Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999

Section 31. Appeals to the High Court

(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 1[High Court] within three months from the date on which the order or decision 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 therefore, if the appellant satisfies the 1[High Court] that he had sufficient cause for not preferring the appeal within the specified period.

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1Superscript markers show text inserted or substituted by a later amendment. The Act carries the markers without the footnotes they refer to, so they are shown without a target.

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