Act Number: 63

Act Name: The Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986

Year: 1986

Enactment Date: 1986-12-23

Long Title: An Act to provide for the establishment of a Bureau for the harmonious development of the activities of standardisation, marking and quality certification of goods and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

Department: Department of Consumer Affairs

Section 12: Prohibition of use of certain names, etc.
No person shall, except in such cases and under such conditions as may be prescribed, use without the previous permission of the Bureau,—
(a) any name which so nearly resembles the name of the Bureau as to deceive or likely to deceive the public or which contains the expression “Indian Standard” or any abbreviation thereof; or
(b) any mark or trade mark in relation to any article or process containing the expressions “Indian Standard” or “Indian Standard Specification” or any abbreviation of such expressions.
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