Section 23. Registration to be

23. Registration to be prima facie evidence of validity. —(1) In all legal proceedings relating to a geographical indication, the certificate of registration granted in this regard by the Registrar under this Act, being a copy of the entry in the register under the seal of the Geographical Indications Registry, shall be prima facie evidence of the validity thereof and be admissible in all courts[1] [before whom] without further proof or production of the original. (2) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to be affect the right of action in respect of an unregistered geographical indication. — 24. Prohibition of assignment or transmission, etc. Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force, any right to a registered geographical indication shall not be the subject matter of assignment, transmission, licensing, pledge, mortgage or any such other agreement: Provided that on the death of an authorised user his right in a registered geographical indication shall devolve on his successor in title under the law for the time being in force.