LawgistThe Trade Marks Act
137Evidence of entries in register, etc., and things done by the Registrar
(1) A copy of any entry in the register or of any document referred to in sub-section (1) of section 148 purporting to be certified by the Registrar and sealed with the seal of the Trade Marks Registry shall be admitted in evidence in all courts and in all proceedings without further proof or production of the original.
(2) A certificate purporting to be under the hand of the Registrar as to any entry, matter or thing that he is authorised by this Act or the rules to make or do shall be prima facie evidence of the entry having been made, and of the contents thereof, or of the matter or things having been done or not done.
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MISCELLANEOUS
- 122 Protection of action taken in good faith
- 123 Certain persons to be public servants
- 124 Stay of proceedings where the validity of registration of the trade mark is questioned, etc
- 125 Application for rectification of register to be made to Appellate Board in certain cases
- 126 Implied warranty on sale of marked goods
- 127 Powers of Registrar
- 128 Exercise of discretionary power by Registrar
- 129 Evidence before Registrar
- 130 Death of party to a proceeding
- 131 Extension of time
- 132 Abandonment
- 133 Preliminary advice by the Registrar as to distinctiveness
- 134 Suit for infringement, etc., to be instituted before District Court
- 135 Relief in suits for infringement or for passing off
- 136 Registered user to be impleaded in certain proceedings
- 137 Evidence of entries in register, etc., and things done by the Registrar
- 138 Registrar and other officers not compellable to produce register, etc
- 139 Power to require goods to show indication of origin
- 140 Power to require information of imported goods bearing false trade marks
- 141 Certificate of validity
- 142 Groundless threats of legal proceedings
- 143 Address for service
- 144 Trade usages, etc., to be taken into consideration
- 145 Agents
- 146 Marks registered by an agent or representative without authority
- 147 Indexes
- 148 Documents open to public inspection
- 149 Reports of Registrar to be placed before Parliament
- 150 Fees and surcharge
- 151 Savings in respect of certain matters in Chapter XII
- 152 Declaration as to ownership of trade mark not registrable under the Registration Act, 1908
- 153 Government to be bound
- 154 Special provisions relating to applications for registration from citizens of convention countries
- 155 Provision as to reciprocity
- 156 Power of Central Government to remove difficulties
- 157 Power to make rules
- 158 Amendments
- 159 Repeal and savings
