Lawgist78Documents open to public inspection
(1) The following documents, subject to such conditions as may be prescribed, be open to public inspection at the Geographical Indications Registry, namely:--
(a) the register and any document upon which any entry in the register is based;
(b) every notice of opposition to the registration of a geographical indication, application for rectification before the Registrar, counter-statement thereto, and any affidavit or document filed by the parties in any proceedings before the Registrar;
(c) the indexes mentioned in section 77; and
(d) such other documents as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify:
Provided that where such register is maintained wholly or partly on computer, the inspection of such register under this section shall be made by inspecting the computer print out of the relevant entry in the register so maintained on computer.
(2) Any person may, on an application to the Registrar and on payment of such fee as may be prescribed, obtain a certified copy of any entry in the register or any document referred to in sub-section (1).
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- 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
