LawgistThe Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act
63Death of party to a proceeding
If a person who is a party to a proceeding under this Act (not being a proceeding before the Appellate Board or a court) dies pending the proceeding, the Registrar may, on request, and on proof to his satisfaction of the transmission of the interest of the deceased person, substitute in the proceeding his successor in interest in his place, or, if the Registrar is of opinion that the interest of the deceased person is sufficiently represented by the surviving parties, permit the proceeding to continue without the substitution of his successor in interest.
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MISCELLANEOUS
- 55 Protection of action taken in good faith
- 56 Certain persons to be public servants
- 57 Stay of proceedings where the validity of registration of the geographical indication is questioned etc
- 58 Application for rectification of register to be made to Appellate Board in certain cases
- 59 Implied warranty on sale of indicated goods
- 60 Powers of Registrar
- 61 Exercise of discretionary power by Registrar
- 62 Evidence before Registrar
- 63 Death of party to a proceeding
- 64 Extension of time
- 65 Abandonment
- 66 Suit for infringement, etc., to be instituted before district court
- 67 Relief in suit for infringement or for passing off
- 68 Authorised user to be impleaded in certain proceedings
- 69 Evidence of entries in register, etc., and things done by the Registrar
- 70 Registrar and other officers not compellable to produce register, etc
- 71 Power to require goods to show indication of origin
- 72 Certificate of validity
- 73 Groundless threats of legal proceedings
- 74 Address for service
- 75 Trade usages, etc., to be taken into consideration
- 76 Agents
- 77 Indexes
- 78 Documents open to public inspection
- 79 Reports of Registrar to be placed before Parliament
- 80 Fees and surcharge
- 81 Savings in respect of certain matters in Chapter VIII
- 82 Declaration as to title of geographical indication not registrable under the Registration Act, 1908
- 83 Government to be bound
- 84 Special provisions relating to applications for registration from citizens of convention countries
- 85 Provision as to reciprocity
- 86 Powers of Central Government to remove difficulties
- 87 Power to make rules
