Section 44
Penalty for falsification of entries in the register.
The Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999
About this Act
An Act to provide for the registration and better protection of geographical indications relating to goods.
If any person makes, or causes to be made,
a false entry in the register, or a writing falsely purporting to be a copy of an entry in the register, or
produces or tenders or causes to be produced or tendered, in evidence any such writing, knowing the entry
or writing to be false, he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two
years, or with fine, or with both.