LawgistThe Trade Marks Act
117Costs of defence or prosecution
In any prosecution under this Act, the court may order such costs to be paid by the accused to the complainant, or by the complainant to the accused, as the court deems reasonable having regard to all the circumstances of the case and the conduct of the parties and the costs so awarded shall be recoverable as if they were a fine.
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OFFENCES, PENALTIES AND PROCEDURE
- 101 Meaning of applying trade marks and trade descriptions
- 102 Falsifying and falsely applying trade marks
- 103 Penalty for applying false trade marks, trade descriptions, etc
- 104 Penalty for selling goods or providing services to which false trade mark or false trade description is applied
- 105 Enhanced penalty on second or subsequent conviction
- 106 Penalty for removing piece goods, etc., contrary to section 81
- 107 Penalty for falsely representing a trade mark as registered
- 108 Penalty for improperly describing a place of business as connected with the Trade Marks Office
- 109 Penalty for falsification of entries in the register
- 110 No offence in certain cases
- 111 Forfeiture of goods
- 112 Exemption of certain persons employed in ordinary course of business
- 113 Procedure where invalidity of registration is pleaded by the accused
- 114 Offences by companies
- 115 Cognizance of certain offences and the powers of police officer for search and seizure
- 116 Evidence of origin of goods imported by sea
- 117 Costs of defence or prosecution
- 118 Limitation of prosecution
- 119 Information as to commission of offence
- 120 Punishment of abetment in India of acts done out of India
- 121 Instructions of Central Government as to permissible variation to be observed by criminal courts
