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The Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999
Section 33

1Short title, extent and commencement
2Definitions and interpretation
3Registrar of Geographical Indications
4Power of Registrar to withdraw or transfer cases, etc
5Geographical Indications Registry and offices thereof
6Register of Geographical Indications
7Part A and Part B of the register
8Registration to be in respect of particular goods and area
9Prohibition of registration of certain geographical indications
10Registration of homonymous geographical indications
11Application for registration
12Withdrawal of acceptance
13Advertisement of application
14Opposition to registration
15Correction and amendment
16Registration
17Application for registration as authorised user
18Duration, renewal, removal and restoration of registration
19Effect of removal from register for failure to pay fee for renewal
20No action for infringement of unregistered geographical indication
21Rights conferred by registration
22Infringement or registered geographical indications
23Registration to be prima facie evidence of validity
24Prohibition of assignment or transmission, etc
25Prohibition of registration of geographical indication as trade mark
26Protection to certain trade marks
27Power to cancel or vary registration and to rectify the register
28Correction of register
29Alteration of registered geographical indications
30Adaptation of entries in register to amend or substitute classification of goods
31Appeals to the High Court
32Bar of jurisdiction of courts, etc
33Procedure of the Appellate Board
34Procedure for application for rectification, etc., before High Court
35Appearance of Registrar in legal proceedings
36Costs of Registrar in proceedings before Appellate Board
37Meaning of applying geographical indications
37AAdjudication of penalties
37BAppeal
38Falsifying and falsely applying geographical indications
39Penalty for applying false geographical indications
40Penalty for selling goods to which false geographical indication is applied
41Enhanced penalty on second or subsequent conviction
42Penalty for falsely representing a geographical indication as registered
43Omitted
44Omitted
45No offence in certain cases
46Forfeiture of goods
47Exemption of certain persons employed in ordinary course of business
48Procedure where invalidity of registration is pleaded by the accused
49Offences by companies
50Cognizance of certain offences and the powers of police officer for search and seizure
51Costs of defence of prosecution
52Limitation of prosecution
53Information as to commission of offence
54Punishment for abetement in India of acts done out of India
55Protection of action taken in good faith
56Certain persons to be public servants
57Stay of proceedings where the validity of registration of the geographical indication is questioned etc
58Application for rectification of register to be made to High Court in certain cases
59Implied warranty on sale of indicated goods
60Powers of Registrar
61Exercise of discretionary power by Registrar
62Evidence before Registrar
63Death of party to a proceeding
64Extension of time
65Abandonment
66Suit for infringement, etc., to be instituted before district court
67Relief in suit for infringement or for passing off
68Authorised user to be impleaded in certain proceedings
69Evidence of entries in register, etc., and things done by the Registrar
70Registrar and other officers not compellable to produce register, etc
71Power to require goods to show indication of origin
72Certificate of validity
73Groundless threats of legal proceedings
74Address for service
75Trade usages, etc., to be taken into consideration
76Agents
77Indexes
78Documents open to public inspection
79Reports of Registrar to be placed before Parliament
80Fees and surcharge
81Savings in respect of certain matters in Chapter VIII
82Declaration as to title of geographical indication not registrable under the Registration Act, 1908
83Government to be bound
84Special provisions relating to applications for registration from citizens of convention countries
85Provision as to reciprocity
86Powers of Central Government to remove difficulties
87Power to make rules

Section 33

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

Section 33. Procedure of the Appellate Board

Omitted by s. 22, ibid. (w.e.f. 4-4-2021).

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