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

73 sections · As amended up to 2026-08

Sections

  1. V — SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO TRADE MARKS AND PRIOR USERS
  2. 1Subs. by Act 33 of 2021, s. 22, for "and before the Appellate Board" (w.e.f. 4-4-2021)
  3. I — PRELIMINARY
  4. 2Clause (a) omitted by Act 33 of 2021, s. 22 (w.e.f. 4-4-2021)
  5. II — THE REGISTER AND CONDITIONS FOR REGISTRATION
  6. 3Registrar of Geographical Indications
  7. 4Power of Registrar to withdraw or transfer cases, etc
  8. 5Geographical Indications Registry and offices thereof
  9. 6Register of Geographical Indications
  10. 7Part A and Part B of the register
  11. 8Registration to be in respect of particular goods and area
  12. 9Prohibition of registration of certain geographical indications
  13. 10Registration of homonymous geographical indications
  14. III — PROCEDURE FOR AND DURATION OF REGISTRATION
  15. 11Application for registration
  16. 13Advertisement of application
  17. 14Opposition to registration
  18. 15Correction and amendment
  19. 16Registration
  20. 17Application for registration as authorised user
  21. 18Duration, renewal, removal and restoration of registration
  22. IV — EFFECT OF REGISTRATION
  23. 20No action for infringement of unregistered geographical indication
  24. 21Rights conferred by registration
  25. 22Infringement or registered geographical indications
  26. 23Registration to be
  27. V — SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO TRADE MARKS AND PRIOR USERS
  28. 25Prohibition of registration of geographical indication as trade mark
  29. 26Protection to certain trade marks
  30. VI — RECTIFICATION AND CORRECTION OF THE REGISTER
  31. 27Power to cancel or vary registration and to rectify the register
  32. 29Alteration of registered geographical indications
  33. 30Adaptation of entries in register to amend or substitute classification of goods
  34. 31Appeals to the[2] [High Court]
  35. 33[
  36. 34Procedure for application for rectification, etc., before[2] [High Court]
  37. 35Appearance of Registrar in legal proceedings
  38. VIII — OFFENCES, PENALTIES AND PROCEDURE
  39. 37Meaning of applying geographical indications
  40. 37AAdjudication of penalties
  41. 37BAppeal
  42. 38Falsifying and falsely applying geographical indications
  43. 39Penalty for applying false geographical indications
  44. 40Penalty for selling goods to which false geographical indication is applied
  45. 41Enhanced penalty on second or subsequent conviction
  46. 42Penalty for falsely representing a geographical indication as registered
  47. 43[Penalty for improperly describing a place of business as connected with the Geographical
  48. 44[Penalty for falsification of entries in the register.]
  49. 45No offence in certain cases
  50. 46Forfeiture of goods
  51. 48Procedure where invalidity of registration is pleaded by the accused
  52. 49Offences by companies
  53. 50Cognizance of certain offences and the powers of police officer for search and seizure
  54. 51Costs of defence of prosecution
  55. 53Information as to commission of offence
  56. 54Punishment for abetement in India of acts done out of India
  57. IX — MISCELLANEOUS
  58. 56Certain persons to be public servants
  59. 57Stay of proceedings where the validity of registration of the geographical indication is questioned,
  60. 58Application for rectification of register to be made to 1[High Court] in certain cases
  61. 59Implied warranty on sale of indicated goods
  62. 62Evidence before Registrar
  63. 63Death of party to a proceeding
  64. 64Extension of time
  65. 65Abandonment
  66. 66Suit for infringement, etc., to be instituted before district court
  67. 67Relief in suit for infringement or for passing off
  68. 68Authorised user to be impleaded in certain proceedings
  69. 69Evidence of entries in register, etc., and things done by the Registrar
  70. 71Power to require goods to show indication of origin
  71. 73Groundless threats of legal proceedings
  72. 74Address for service
  73. 77Indexes
  74. 78Documents open to public inspection
  75. 79Reports of Registrar to be placed before Parliament
  76. 80Fees and surcharge
  77. 81Savings in respect of certain matters in Chapter VIII
  78. 82Declarations as to title of geographical indication not registerable under the Registration
  79. 83Government to be bound
  80. 84Special provisions relating to applications for registration from citizens of convention countries
  81. 86Powers of Central Government to remove difficulties
  82. 87Power to make rules