Section 2. Clause (a) omitted by Act 33 of 2021, s. 22 (w.e.f. 4-4-2021)

2. Clause (a) omitted by Act 33 of 2021, s. 22 (w.e.f. 4-4-2021). (i) "package" includes any case, box, container, covering, folder, receptacle, vessel, casket, bottle, wrapper, label, band, ticket, reel, frame, capsule, cap, lid, stopper and cork; (j) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (k) "producer", in relation to goods, means any person who,— (i) if such goods are agricultural goods, produces the goods and includes the person who processes or packages such goods; (ii) if such goods are natural goods, exploits the goods; (iii) if such goods are handicraft or industrial goods, makes or manufactures the goods, and includes any person who trades or deals in such production, exploitation, making or manufacturing, as the case may be, of the goods; (l) "register" means the Register of Geographical Indications referred to in section 6; (m) "registered" (with its grammatical variations) means registered under this Act; (n) "registered proprietor", in relation to a geographical indication, means any association of persons or of producers or any organisation for the time being entered in the register as proprietor of the geographical indication; (o) "Registrar" means the Registrar of Geographical Indications referred to in section 3; 1* * * * * (2) Words and expressions used and not defined in this Act but defined in the Trade Marks Act, 1999 (47 of 1999) shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in that Act. (3) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference— (a) to the use of a geographical indication shall be construed as a reference to the use of a printed or other visual representation of the geographical indication; (b) to the use of a geographical indication in relation to goods shall be construed as a reference to the use of the geographical indication upon, or in any physical or in any other relation whatsoever, to such goods; (c) to a registered geographical indication shall be construed as including a reference to a geographical indication registered in the register; (d) to the Registrar shall be construed as including a reference to any officer when discharging the functions of the Registrar in pursuance of sub-section (2) of section 3; (e) to the Geographical Indications Registry shall be construed as including a reference to any office of the Geographical Indications Registry.