Section 23: Registration to be prima facie evidence of validity.

The Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999Central Act · Act 48 of 1999

(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 and [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.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999
Section	23
Marginal note	Registration to be prima facie evidence of validity.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

substituted, Act 33 of 2021. . Subs. by Act 33 of 2021, s. 22, for "and before the Appellate Board" (w.e.f. 4-4-2021).

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