Section 28

Correction of register.

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

  • Act 48 of 1999
  • Ministry of Commerce and Industry
  • Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade
About this Act

An Act to provide for the registration and better protection of geographical indications relating to goods.

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    The Registrar may, on application made in the prescribed manner by the registered proprietor or the authorised user,--
         (a) correct any error in the name, address or description of the registered proprietor or the authorised user, as the case may be, of a geographical indication, or any other entry relating to the geographical indication on the register;
         (b) enter any change in the name, address or description of the association of persons or of producers or any ogranisation or authority, as the case may be, who is registered as proprietor of a geographical indication on the register;
         (c) cancel the entry of a geographical indication on the register;
         (d) strike out any goods or class or classes of goods from those in respect of which a geographical indication is registered from the register,
and may make any consequential amendment or alteration in the certificate of registration, and for that purpose, may require the certificate of registration to be produced to him.

Source: India Code (Legislative Department, Govt. of India). Check the official Gazette before relying on it in court. Not legal advice. Free legal aid: 15100 (NALSA) · Know your rights

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