Section 48: Procedure where invalidity of registration is pleaded by the accused.

Context:
(1) Where the offence
charged under section 39 or se ction 40 or section 41 is in relation to a registered geographical indication
and the accused pl eads that the registration of th e geographical indication is invalid, the followi ng
procedure shall be followed:—
(a) if the court is satisfied that such defenc e is prima facie tenable, it shall not proceed with the
charge but shall adjourn the proceeding for three months from the date on which the plea of the
accused is recorded to enable the accused to file an application before the High Court under this
Act, for the rectification of the register on the ground that the registration is invalid;
(b) if the accused proves to the court that he has made such application within the time so limited
or within such further time as the court may for sufficient cause al low, the further proceedings in the
prosecution shall stand stayed till the disposal of such application for rectification;
(c) if within a period of three months or within such extended time as may be allowed by the court
the accused fails to apply to the High Court for rectification of the register, the court shall proceed
with the case as if the registration were valid.

Question: What is laid down in clause (a) of sub-section (1) of Section 48?

Answer:
if the court is satisfied that such defenc e is prima facie tenable, it shall not proceed with the
charge but shall adjourn the proceeding for three months from the date on which the plea of the
accused is recorded to enable the accused to file an application before the High Court under this
Act, for the rectification of the register on the ground that the registration is invalid


Question: In Section 48 on procedure where invalidity of registration is pleaded by the accused, what does clause (b) of sub-section (1) state?

Answer:
if the accused proves to the court that he has made such application within the time so limited
or within such further time as the court may for sufficient cause al low, the further proceedings in the
prosecution shall stand stayed till the disposal of such application for rectification


Question: What is laid down in clause (c) of sub-section (1) of Section 48?

Answer:
if within a period of three months or within such extended time as may be allowed by the court
the accused fails to apply to the High Court for rectification of the register, the court shall proceed
with the case as if the registration were valid.


Section 49: Offences by companies.

Context:
(1) If the person committing an offence under this Act is a company,
the company as well as every person in charge of, and responsible to, the company for the conduct of its
business at the time of the commission of the offence shall be deemed to be guilty of the offence and shall
be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly:
Provided that nothing contained in this sub -section shal l render any such person liable to any
punishment if he proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge or that he exercised all
due diligence to prevent the commission of such offence.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub -section (1), where an offence under this Act has been
committed by a company and it is proved that the offence has been committed with the consent or
connivance of, or that the commission of the offence is attributable to any neglect on the part of, any
director, manager, secretary or other officer of the company, such director, manager, secretary or other
officer shall also be deemed to be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against an d
punished accordingly.
Explanation.—For the purposes of this section,—
(a) “company” means any body corporate and includes a firm or other association of individuals;
and
(b) “director”, in relation to a firm, means a partner in the firm.

Question: What is the meaning of "company" in Section 49?

Answer:
any body corporate and includes a firm or other association of individuals;
and


Section 49: Offences by companies.

Question: What is laid down in clause (a) of sub-section (2) of Section 49?

Answer:
“company” means any body corporate and includes a firm or other association of individuals;
and


Section 49: Offences by companies.

Question: In Section 49 on offences by companies, what does clause (b) of sub-section (2) state?

Answer: “director”, in relation to a firm, means a partner in the firm.


Section 66: Suit for infringement, etc., to be instituted before district court.

Context:
(1) No suit,—
(a) for the infringement of a registered geographical indication; or
(b) relating to any right in a registered geographical indication; or
(c) for passing of arising out of the use by the defendant of any geographical indication which is
indentical on with or deceptively similar to the geographical indication relating to the plaintiff,
whether registered or unregistered,
shall be instituted in any court inferior to a district court having jurisdiction to try the suit.
(2) For the purpose of clauses ( a) and ( b) of sub -section ( 1), a “district court having jurisdiction ”
shall, notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Civil Procedure, 190 8 (5 of 1908), or any other
law for the time being in force, include a district court within the local limits of whose jurisdiction, at the
time of the institution of the suit or other proceeding, the person instituting the suit or proceeding, or,
where there are more than one such persons any of them, actually and voluntarily resides or carries on
business or personally works for gain.
Explanation.—For the purposes of sub -section (2), “person” includes the registered prop rietor and
the authorised user.

Question: What is laid down in clause (a) of sub-section (1) of Section 66?

Answer: for the infringement of a registered geographical indication; or


Question: In Section 66 on suit for infringement, etc., to be instituted before district court, what does clause (b) of sub-section (1) state?

Answer: relating to any right in a registered geographical indication; or


Question: What is laid down in clause (c) of sub-section (1) of Section 66?

Answer:
for passing of arising out of the use by the defendant of any geographical indication which is
indentical on with or deceptively similar to the geographical indication relating to the plaintiff,
whether registered or unregistered,
shall be instituted in any court inferior to a district court having jurisdiction to try the suit.


Section 67: Relief in suit for infringement or for passing off.

Context:
(1) The relief which a court may grant in
any suit for infringement or for passing off referred to in section 66 includes injunction (subject to such
terms, if any, as the court thinks fit) and at the option of the plaintiff, either damages or account of profits,
together with or without any order for the delivery -up of the infringing labels and indicati ons for
destruction or erasure.
(2) The order of injunction under sub -section ( 1) may include an ex pa rte injunction or any
interlocutory order for any of the following matters, namely:—
(a) for discovery of documents;
(b) preserving of infringing goods, documents or other evidence which are related to the
subject-matter of the suit;
(c) restraining the defendant from disposing of or dealing with his assets in a manner which may
adversely affect plaintiff ’s ability to recover damages, costs or other pecuniary remedies which may
be finally awarded to the plaintiff.

Question: In Section 67 on relief in suit for infringement or for passing off, what does clause (a) of sub-section (2) state?

Answer: for discovery of documents


Question: What is laid down in clause (b) of sub-section (2) of Section 67?

Answer:
preserving of infringing goods, documents or other evidence which are related to the
subject-matter of the suit


Question: In Section 67 on relief in suit for infringement or for passing off, what does clause (c) of sub-section (2) state?

Answer:
restraining the defendant from disposing of or dealing with his assets in a manner which may
adversely affect plaintiff ’s ability to recover damages, costs or other pecuniary remedies which may
be finally awarded to the plaintiff.


Context:
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub -section (1), the court shall not grant relief by way of
damages (other than nominal damages) on account of profits in any case—
(a) where in a suit for infringement the defendant satisfies the court—
(i) that at the time he commenced to use the geographical indication complained of in the suit
he was unaware and had no reasonable ground for believing that the geographical indication of
the plaintiff was on the register; and
(ii) that when he became aware of the existence and nature of t he plaintiff ’s right in the
geographical indication, he forthwith ceased to use the geographical indication in relation to good
in respect of which it was registered; or
(b) where in a suit for passing off, the defendant satisfies the court—
(i) that at the time he commenced to use the geographical indication complained of in the suit
he was unaware and had no reasonable ground for believing that the geographical indication
relating to the plaintiff was in use; and
(ii) that when he became aware of the existence and nature of the geographical indication
relating to the plaintiff he forthwith ceased to use the geographical indication complained of.

Question: What is laid down in clause (a) of sub-section (3) of Section 67?

Answer: where in a suit for infringement the defendant satisfies the court—


Question: In Section 67 on relief in suit for infringement or for passing off, what does clause (i) of sub-section (3) state?

Answer:
that at the time he commenced to use the geographical indication complained of in the suit
he was unaware and had no reasonable ground for believing that the geographical indication of
the plaintiff was on the register; and


Question: What is laid down in clause (ii) of sub-section (3) of Section 67?

Answer:
that when he became aware of the existence and nature of t he plaintiff ’s right in the
geographical indication, he forthwith ceased to use the geographical indication in relation to good
in respect of which it was registered; or


Question: In Section 67 on relief in suit for infringement or for passing off, what does clause (b) of sub-section (3) state?

Answer: where in a suit for passing off, the defendant satisfies the court—


Question: What is laid down in clause (i) of sub-section (3) of Section 67?

Answer:
that at the time he commenced to use the geographical indication complained of in the suit
he was unaware and had no reasonable ground for believing that the geographical indication
relating to the plaintiff was in use; and


Question: In Section 67 on relief in suit for infringement or for passing off, what does clause (ii) of sub-section (3) state?

Answer:
that when he became aware of the existence and nature of the geographical indication
relating to the plaintiff he forthwith ceased to use the geographical indication complained of.


Section 84: Special provisions relating to applications for registration from citizens of convention
countries.

Context:
(1) With a view to the fulfilment of a treaty, convention or arrangement with any country or
a country which is a membe r of a group of countries or uni on of countries or Inter -Governmental
Organisations outside India which affords to citizens of India similar privileges as granted to its own
citizens, the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare such cou ntry or
group of countries or union of countries or Inter -Governmental Organisations to be a convention country
or convention countries for the purposes of this Act.
(2) Nothing contained in this Act or the Trade Marks Act, 1999 (47 of 1999) shall prevent a continued
and similar use of geographical indication relating to a country or a country which is a member of a group
of countries or union of countries or any Inter -Governmental Organisations, as the case may be, notified
under sub-section (1) identifying wines or spirits in connection with goods by any citizen or domiciliary
of such country who has used that geographical indication in continuou s manner with regard to such
goods or any goods relating to such goods, as the case may be, in an y part of the t erritory of that country
either—
(a) for at least ten years preceding the 15th day of April, 1994; or
(b) in good faith preceding the date referred to in clause (a).

Question: What is laid down in clause (a) of sub-section (2) of Section 84?

Answer: for at least ten years preceding the 15th day of April, 1994; or


Question:
In Section 84 on special provisions relating to applications for registration from citizens of convention
countries, what does clause (b) of sub-section (2) state?

Answer: in good faith preceding the date referred to in clause (a).


Section 87: Power to make rules.

Context:
(2) In particular, an d without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may
provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:—
(a) the matters to be included in the Register of Geographical Indications under sub -section (1),
and the safeguards to be observed in the maintenance of such register in computer floppies or
diskettes under sub-section (2) of section 6;
(b) the manner of incorporation of particulars relating to registration of geographical indications
in Part A under sub -section ( 2) and th e manner of incorporation of particulars relating to the
registration of the authorised users under sub-section (3) of section 7;
(c) the classification of goods and the manner of publication of the alphabetical index of
classification of goods and the definite territory or locality or region for the purpose of registration of
geographical indications under sub-section (1) of section 8;
(d) the form in which and the manner in which an application for registration of a geographical
indication may be made and the fees which may accompany the application under sub-section (1) and
the particulars to be made in the statement of producers of goods who proposes to be initially
registered with the registration under clause (f) of sub-section (2) of section 11;
(e) t he manner of publication of advertisement of accepted application, for registration of
geographical indications, etc., under sub -section (1), and the manner of notifying the corrections or
amendments made in the application under sub-section (2) of section 13;
(f) the manner in which and the fee which may accompany an application and the manner of
giving notice under sub-section (1) and the manner of sending counter statement under sub-section (2)
and the manner of submission of evidence and the time therefor under sub-section (4) of section 14;
(g) the form of certificate of registration under sub -section (2) and the manner of giving notice to
the applicant under sub-section (3) of section 16;
(h) the manner of applying for registration as an authorised user under sub -section ( 1) and the
manner of submitting statements and documents along with such application and the fee which may
accompany such application under sub-section (2) of section 17;
(i) the manner of making application, the time within which s uch application is to be made and
the fee payable with each application, under sub -section (3) and the time within which the Registrar
shall send notice and the manner of such notice under sub -section (4) and the form in which and the
fee which may accompany an application for renewal to be made under sub-section (5) of section 18;
(j) the manner of making applications under sub -sections (1) and (2), the manner of giving notice
under sub -section ( 4) and the manner of service of notice of rectification under sub-section ( 5) of
section 27;
(k) the manner of making an application for correction, etc., under section 28;
(l) the manner of making an application under sub -section ( 1), the manner of advertising an
application under sub -section ( 1), the time and mann er of notice by which an application may be
opposed under sub-sections (2) and (3) of section 29;
(m) the manner of advertisement under sub-section (2) of section 30;
(o) the form in which an application for rectification shall be made, under sub -section ( 1) of
section 34;
(oa) the manner of holding inquiry and imposing penalty under section 37A;
(ob) the form and manner of preferring appeal under sub-section (2) of section 37B;
(p) the manner of making an application for review under clause (c) of section 60;
(q) the time within which an application is to be made to the Registrar for exercising his
discretionary power under section 61;
(r) the manner of making an application and the fee payable therefore under sub -section ( 1) of
section 64;
(s) the manner of authorising any person to act and the manner of registration of a geographical
indications agent under section 76;
(t) the fee and surcharge payable for applications and registrations and other matters under
sub-section (1) of section 80;
(u) any other matter which is required to be, or may be, prescribed.

Question: What is laid down in clause (a) of sub-section (2) of Section 87?

Answer:
the matters to be included in the Register of Geographical Indications under sub -section (1),
and the safeguards to be observed in the maintenance of such register in computer floppies or
diskettes under sub-section (2) of section 6


Section 87: Power to make rules.

Question: In Section 87 on power to make rules, what does clause (b) of sub-section (2) state?

Answer:
the manner of incorporation of particulars relating to registration of geographical indications
in Part A under sub -section ( 2) and th e manner of incorporation of particulars relating to the
registration of the authorised users under sub-section (3) of section 7


Section 87: Power to make rules.

Question: What is laid down in clause (c) of sub-section (2) of Section 87?

Answer:
the classification of goods and the manner of publication of the alphabetical index of
classification of goods and the definite territory or locality or region for the purpose of registration of
geographical indications under sub-section (1) of section 8


Section 87: Power to make rules.

Question: In Section 87 on power to make rules, what does clause (d) of sub-section (2) state?

Answer:
the form in which and the manner in which an application for registration of a geographical
indication may be made and the fees which may accompany the application under sub-section (1) and
the particulars to be made in the statement of producers of goods who proposes to be initially
registered with the registration under clause (f) of sub-section (2) of section 11


Section 87: Power to make rules.

Question: What is laid down in clause (e) of sub-section (2) of Section 87?

Answer:
t he manner of publication of advertisement of accepted application, for registration of
geographical indications, etc., under sub -section (1), and the manner of notifying the corrections or
amendments made in the application under sub-section (2) of section 13


Section 87: Power to make rules.

Question: In Section 87 on power to make rules, what does clause (f) of sub-section (2) state?

Answer:
the manner in which and the fee which may accompany an application and the manner of
giving notice under sub-section (1) and the manner of sending counter statement under sub-section (2)
and the manner of submission of evidence and the time therefor under sub-section (4) of section 14


Section 87: Power to make rules.

Question: What is laid down in clause (g) of sub-section (2) of Section 87?

Answer:
the form of certificate of registration under sub -section (2) and the manner of giving notice to
the applicant under sub-section (3) of section 16


Section 87: Power to make rules.

Question: In Section 87 on power to make rules, what does clause (h) of sub-section (2) state?

Answer:
the manner of applying for registration as an authorised user under sub -section ( 1) and the
manner of submitting statements and documents along with such application and the fee which may
accompany such application under sub-section (2) of section 17


Section 87: Power to make rules.

Question: What is laid down in clause (i) of sub-section (2) of Section 87?

Answer:
the manner of making application, the time within which s uch application is to be made and
the fee payable with each application, under sub -section (3) and the time within which the Registrar
shall send notice and the manner of such notice under sub -section (4) and the form in which and the
fee which may accompany an application for renewal to be made under sub-section (5) of section 18


Section 87: Power to make rules.

Question: In Section 87 on power to make rules, what does clause (j) of sub-section (2) state?

Answer:
the manner of making applications under sub -sections (1) and (2), the manner of giving notice
under sub -section ( 4) and the manner of service of notice of rectification under sub-section ( 5) of
section 27


Section 87: Power to make rules.

Question: What is laid down in clause (k) of sub-section (2) of Section 87?

Answer: the manner of making an application for correction, etc., under section 28


Section 87: Power to make rules.

Question: In Section 87 on power to make rules, what does clause (l) of sub-section (2) state?

Answer:
the manner of making an application under sub -section ( 1), the manner of advertising an
application under sub -section ( 1), the time and mann er of notice by which an application may be
opposed under sub-sections (2) and (3) of section 29


Section 87: Power to make rules.

Question: What is laid down in clause (m) of sub-section (2) of Section 87?

Answer: the manner of advertisement under sub-section (2) of section 30


Section 87: Power to make rules.

Question: In Section 87 on power to make rules, what does clause (o) of sub-section (2) state?

Answer:
the form in which an application for rectification shall be made, under sub -section ( 1) of
section 34


Section 87: Power to make rules.

Question: What is laid down in clause (oa) of sub-section (2) of Section 87?

Answer: the manner of holding inquiry and imposing penalty under section 37A


Section 87: Power to make rules.

Question: In Section 87 on power to make rules, what does clause (ob) of sub-section (2) state?

Answer: the form and manner of preferring appeal under sub-section (2) of section 37B


Section 87: Power to make rules.

Question: What is laid down in clause (p) of sub-section (2) of Section 87?

Answer: the manner of making an application for review under clause (c) of section 60


Section 87: Power to make rules.

Question: In Section 87 on power to make rules, what does clause (q) of sub-section (2) state?

Answer:
the time within which an application is to be made to the Registrar for exercising his
discretionary power under section 61


Section 87: Power to make rules.

Question: What is laid down in clause (r) of sub-section (2) of Section 87?

Answer:
the manner of making an application and the fee payable therefore under sub -section ( 1) of
section 64


Section 87: Power to make rules.

Question: In Section 87 on power to make rules, what does clause (s) of sub-section (2) state?

Answer:
the manner of authorising any person to act and the manner of registration of a geographical
indications agent under section 76


Section 87: Power to make rules.

Question: What is laid down in clause (t) of sub-section (2) of Section 87?

Answer:
the fee and surcharge payable for applications and registrations and other matters under
sub-section (1) of section 80


Section 87: Power to make rules.

Question: In Section 87 on power to make rules, what does clause (u) of sub-section (2) state?

Answer: any other matter which is required to be, or may be, prescribed.


Section 1: Short title, extent and commencement.

Context: (1) This Act may be called the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act, 2000. (2) It extends to the whole of India. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint; and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act, and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision.

Question: What is laid down in section 1 with respect to short title, extent and commencement?

Answer: This Act may be called the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act, 2000.


Question: According to section 1(1), what is specified?

Answer: This Act may be called the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act, 2000.


Question: Under section 1(1), what provision is made?

Answer: This Act may be called the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act, 2000.


Question: What is provided in section 1(2)?

Answer: It extends to the whole of India.


Question: Under section 1(2), what provision is made?

Answer: It extends to the whole of India.


Question: What does section 1(3) state?

Answer: It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint;


Question: Under section 1(3), what provision is made?

Answer: It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint;


Section 2: Definitions.

Context: (a) “Appellate Board” means the Appellate Board established under section 32; (b) “assignment” means an assignment in writing by act of the parties concerned; (c) “Bench” means a Bench of the Appellate Board; (d) “Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Appellate Board; (e) “commercial exploitation”, in relation to Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design, means to sell, lease, offer or exhibit for sale or otherwise distribute such semiconductor integrated circuit for any commercial purpose; (f) “convention country” means a country notified as such under section 93; (g) “Judicial Member” means a Member of the Appellate Board appointed as such under this Act, and includes the Chairperson or such Vice-Chairperson who possesses any of the qualifications specified in sub-section (3) of section 34; (h) “layout-design” means a layout of transistors and other circuitry elements and includes lead wires connecting such elements and expressed in any manner in a semiconductor integrated circuit; (i) “Member” means a Judicial Member or a Technical Member of the Appellate Board and includes the Chairperson and the Vice-Chairperson; (j) “notify" means to notify in the Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Journal published by the Registrar;

Question: What does section 2 provide regarding definitions?

Answer: “Appellate Board” means the Appellate Board established under section 32;


Section 2: Definitions.

Question: Under section 2(a), what is stated regarding definitions?

Answer: “Appellate Board” means the Appellate Board established under section 32;


Section 2: Definitions.

Question: How does section 2(a) read?

Answer: “Appellate Board” means the Appellate Board established under section 32;


Section 2: Definitions.

Question: How does section 2 define "Appellate Board"?

Answer: the Appellate Board established under section 32


Section 2: Definitions.

Question: According to section 2(b), what is specified?

Answer: “assignment” means an assignment in writing by act of the parties concerned;


Section 2: Definitions.

Question: How does section 2(b) read?

Answer: “assignment” means an assignment in writing by act of the parties concerned;


Section 2: Definitions.

Question: What does "assignment" mean under section 2?

Answer: an assignment in writing by act of the parties concerned


Section 2: Definitions.

Question: What is provided in section 2(c)?

Answer: “Bench” means a Bench of the Appellate Board;


Section 2: Definitions.

Question: Under section 2(c), what provision is made?

Answer: “Bench” means a Bench of the Appellate Board;


Section 2: Definitions.

Question: What does "Bench" mean under section 2?

Answer: a Bench of the Appellate Board


Section 2: Definitions.

Question: What does section 2(d) state?

Answer: “Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Appellate Board;


Section 2: Definitions.

Question: What is laid down in section 2(d)?

Answer: “Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Appellate Board;


Section 2: Definitions.

Question: Under section 2, what is meant by "Chairperson"?

Answer: the Chairperson of the Appellate Board


Section 2: Definitions.

Question: According to section 2(e), what is specified?

Answer: “commercial exploitation”, in relation to Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design, means to sell, lease, offer or exhibit for sale or otherwise distribute such semiconductor integrated circuit for any commercial purpose;


Section 2: Definitions.

Question: Under section 2(e), what provision is made?

Answer: “commercial exploitation”, in relation to Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design, means to sell, lease, offer or exhibit for sale or otherwise distribute such semiconductor integrated circuit for any commercial purpose;


Section 2: Definitions.

Question: In relation to Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design, what is meant by "commercial exploitation"?

Answer: to sell, lease, offer or exhibit for sale or otherwise distribute such semiconductor integrated circuit for any commercial purpose


Section 2: Definitions.

Question: What is provided in section 2(f)?

Answer: “convention country” means a country notified as such under section 93;


Section 2: Definitions.

Question: Under section 2(f), what provision is made?

Answer: “convention country” means a country notified as such under section 93;


Section 2: Definitions.

Question: What does "convention country" mean under section 2?

Answer: a country notified as such under section 93


Section 2: Definitions.

Question: What is provided in section 2(g)?

Answer: “Judicial Member” means a Member of the Appellate Board appointed as such under this Act, and includes the Chairperson or such Vice-Chairperson who possesses any of the qualifications specified in sub-section (3) of section 34;


Section 2: Definitions.

Question: What is laid down in section 2(g)?

Answer: “Judicial Member” means a Member of the Appellate Board appointed as such under this Act, and includes the Chairperson or such Vice-Chairperson who possesses any of the qualifications specified in sub-section (3) of section 34;


Section 2: Definitions.

Question: What does "Judicial Member" mean under section 2?

Answer: a Member of the Appellate Board appointed as such under this Act, and includes the Chairperson or such Vice-Chairperson who possesses any of the qualifications specified in sub-section (3) of section 34


Section 2: Definitions.

Question: Under section 2(h), what is stated regarding definitions?

Answer: “layout-design” means a layout of transistors and other circuitry elements and includes lead wires connecting such elements and expressed in any manner in a semiconductor integrated circuit;


Section 2: Definitions.

Question: Under section 2(h), what provision is made?

Answer: “layout-design” means a layout of transistors and other circuitry elements and includes lead wires connecting such elements and expressed in any manner in a semiconductor integrated circuit;


Section 2: Definitions.

Question: How does section 2 define "layout-design"?

Answer: a layout of transistors and other circuitry elements and includes lead wires connecting such elements and expressed in any manner in a semiconductor integrated circuit


Section 2: Definitions.

Question: What does section 2(i) state?

Answer: “Member” means a Judicial Member or a Technical Member of the Appellate Board and includes the Chairperson and the Vice-Chairperson;


Section 2: Definitions.

Question: Under section 2(i), what provision is made?

Answer: “Member” means a Judicial Member or a Technical Member of the Appellate Board and includes the Chairperson and the Vice-Chairperson;


Section 2: Definitions.

Question: How does section 2 define "Member"?

Answer: a Judicial Member or a Technical Member of the Appellate Board and includes the Chairperson and the Vice-Chairperson


Section 2: Definitions.

Question: According to section 2(j), what is specified?

Answer: “notify" means to notify in the Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Journal published by the Registrar;


Section 2: Definitions.

Question: What is laid down in section 2(j)?

Answer: “notify" means to notify in the Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Journal published by the Registrar;


Section 2: Definitions.

Question: Under section 2, what is meant by "notify"?

Answer: to notify in the Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Journal published by the Registrar


Section 2: Definitions.

Context: (k) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (l) “register” means the Register of Layout-Designs referred to in section 6; (m) “registered” (with its grammatical variations) means registered under this Act; (n) “registered layout-design" means a layout-design which is actually on the register; (o) “registered proprietor”, in relation to a layout-design, means the person for the time being entered in the register as proprietor of the layout-design; (p) “registered user” means a person who is for the time being registered as such under section 25; (q) “Registrar” means the Registrar of Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design referred to in section 3; (r) “semiconductor integrated circuit” means a product having transistors and other circuitry elements which are inseparably formed on a semiconductor material or an insulating material or inside the semiconductor material and designed to perform an electronic circuitry function; (s) “Technical Member” means a Member of the Appellate Board who is not a Judicial Member and includes the Chairperson or such Vice-Chairperson who possesses any of the qualifications specified in sub-section (4) of section 34;

Question: What does section 2(k) state?

Answer: “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;


Section 2: Definitions.

Question: How does section 2(k) read?

Answer: “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;


Section 2: Definitions.

Question: Under section 2, what is meant by "prescribed"?

Answer: prescribed by rules made under this Act


Section 2: Definitions.

Question: What does section 2(l) state?

Answer: “register” means the Register of Layout-Designs referred to in section 6;


Section 2: Definitions.

Question: Under section 2(l), what provision is made?

Answer: “register” means the Register of Layout-Designs referred to in section 6;


Section 2: Definitions.

Question: Under section 2, what is meant by "register"?

Answer: the Register of Layout-Designs referred to in section 6


Section 2: Definitions.

Question: What does section 2(m) state?

Answer: “registered” (with its grammatical variations) means registered under this Act;


Section 2: Definitions.

Question: How does section 2(m) read?

Answer: “registered” (with its grammatical variations) means registered under this Act;


Section 2: Definitions.

Question: What does "registered” (with its grammatical variations)" mean under section 2?

Answer: registered under this Act


Section 2: Definitions.

Question: Under section 2(n), what is stated regarding definitions?

Answer: “registered layout-design" means a layout-design which is actually on the register;


Section 2: Definitions.

Question: How does section 2(n) read?

Answer: “registered layout-design" means a layout-design which is actually on the register;


Section 2: Definitions.

Question: Under section 2, what is meant by "registered layout-design"?

Answer: a layout-design which is actually on the register


Section 2: Definitions.

Question: What is provided in section 2(o)?

Answer: “registered proprietor”, in relation to a layout-design, means the person for the time being entered in the register as proprietor of the layout-design;


Section 2: Definitions.

Question: What is laid down in section 2(o)?

Answer: “registered proprietor”, in relation to a layout-design, means the person for the time being entered in the register as proprietor of the layout-design;


Section 2: Definitions.

Question: Under section 2, how is "registered proprietor" defined in relation to a layout-design?

Answer: the person for the time being entered in the register as proprietor of the layout-design


Section 2: Definitions.

Question: Under section 2(p), what is stated regarding definitions?

Answer: “registered user” means a person who is for the time being registered as such under section 25;


Section 2: Definitions.

Question: Under section 2(p), what provision is made?

Answer: “registered user” means a person who is for the time being registered as such under section 25;


Section 2: Definitions.

Question: Under section 2, what is meant by "registered user"?

Answer: a person who is for the time being registered as such under section 25


Section 2: Definitions.

Question: Under section 2(q), what is stated regarding definitions?

Answer: “Registrar” means the Registrar of Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design referred to in section 3;


Section 2: Definitions.

Question: How does section 2(q) read?

Answer: “Registrar” means the Registrar of Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design referred to in section 3;


Section 2: Definitions.

Question: Under section 2, what is meant by "Registrar"?

Answer: the Registrar of Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design referred to in section 3


Section 2: Definitions.

Question: Under section 2, what is meant by "semiconductor integrated circuit"?

Answer: a product having transistors and other circuitry elements which are inseparably formed on a semiconductor material or an insulating material or inside the semiconductor material and designed to perform an electronic circuitry function


Section 2: Definitions.

Question: According to section 2(s), what is specified?

Answer: “Technical Member” means a Member of the Appellate Board who is not a Judicial Member and includes the Chairperson or such Vice-Chairperson who possesses any of the qualifications specified in sub-section (4) of section 34;


Section 2: Definitions.

Question: What is laid down in section 2(s)?

Answer: “Technical Member” means a Member of the Appellate Board who is not a Judicial Member and includes the Chairperson or such Vice-Chairperson who possesses any of the qualifications specified in sub-section (4) of section 34;


Section 2: Definitions.

Question: How does section 2 define "Technical Member"?

Answer: a Member of the Appellate Board who is not a Judicial Member and includes the Chairperson or such Vice-Chairperson who possesses any of the qualifications specified in sub-section (4) of section 34


Section 2: Definitions.

Context: (t) “transmission” means transmission by operation of law, devolution on the personal representation of a deceased person or any other mode of transfer not being assignment; (u) “Vice-Chairperson” means the Vice-Chairperson of the Appellate Board; (v) any reference to the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Registry shall be construed as including a reference to any office of the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout- Design Registry. CHAPTER II THE REGISTER AND CONDITIONS OF REGISTRATION

Question: According to section 2(t), what is specified?

Answer: “transmission” means transmission by operation of law, devolution on the personal representation of a deceased person or any other mode of transfer not being assignment;


Section 2: Definitions.

Question: How does section 2(t) read?

Answer: “transmission” means transmission by operation of law, devolution on the personal representation of a deceased person or any other mode of transfer not being assignment;


Section 2: Definitions.

Question: What does "transmission" mean under section 2?

Answer: transmission by operation of law, devolution on the personal representation of a deceased person or any other mode of transfer not being assignment


Section 2: Definitions.

Question: What does section 2(u) state?

Answer: “Vice-Chairperson” means the Vice-Chairperson of the Appellate Board;


Section 2: Definitions.

Question: What is laid down in section 2(u)?

Answer: “Vice-Chairperson” means the Vice-Chairperson of the Appellate Board;


Section 2: Definitions.

Question: What does "Vice-Chairperson" mean under section 2?

Answer: the Vice-Chairperson of the Appellate Board


Section 2: Definitions.

Question: According to section 2(v), what is specified?

Answer: any reference to the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Registry shall be construed as including a reference to any office of the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout- Design Registry.


Section 2: Definitions.

Question: How does section 2(v) read?

Answer: any reference to the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Registry shall be construed as including a reference to any office of the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout- Design Registry.


Section 3: Registrar of Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design.

Context: (1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint a person to be known as the Registrar of Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design for the purposes of this Act. (2) The Central Government may appoint such other officers with such designation as it thinks fit for the purpose of discharging, under the superintendence and direction of the Registrar, such functions of the Registrar under this Act as he may from time to time authorise them to discharge.

Question: Under section 3, what is stated about registrar of semiconductor integrated circuits layout-design?

Answer: The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint a person to be known as the Registrar of Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design for the purposes of this Act.


Question: What does section 3(1) state?

Answer: The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint a person to be known as the Registrar of Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design for the purposes of this Act.


Question: Under section 3(1), what provision is made?

Answer: The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint a person to be known as the Registrar of Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design for the purposes of this Act.


Section 5: Registry.

Context: (1) For the purposes of this Act, there shall be established a Registry which shall be known as the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Registry. (2) The head office of the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Registry shall be at such place as the Central Government may specify and for the purposes of facilitating the registration of layout-designs, there may be established, at such places as the Central Government may think fit, branch offices of the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Registry. (3) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, define the territorial limits within which an office of the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Registry may exercise its functions. (4) There shall be seal of the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Registry.

Question: Under section 5, what is stated about registry?

Answer: For the purposes of this Act, there shall be established a Registry which shall be known as the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Registry.


Section 5: Registry.

Question: According to section 5(1), what is specified?

Answer: For the purposes of this Act, there shall be established a Registry which shall be known as the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Registry.


Section 5: Registry.

Question: Under section 5(1), what provision is made?

Answer: For the purposes of this Act, there shall be established a Registry which shall be known as the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Registry.


Section 5: Registry.

Question: What is provided in section 5(3)?

Answer: The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, define the territorial limits within which an office of the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Registry may exercise its functions.


Section 5: Registry.

Question: How does section 5(3) read?

Answer: The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, define the territorial limits within which an office of the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Registry may exercise its functions.


Section 5: Registry.

Question: What is provided in section 5(4)?

Answer: There shall be seal of the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Registry.


Section 5: Registry.

Question: How does section 5(4) read?

Answer: There shall be seal of the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Registry.


Section 5: Registry.

Question: Under section 5(4), what is required to be there?

Answer: seal of the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Registry


Section 6: Register of Layout-Designs.

Context: (1) For the purposes of this Act, a record called the Register of Layout-Designs shall be kept at the head office of the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Registry wherein shall be entered all registered layout-designs with the names, addresses and descriptions of the proprietor and such other matters related to the registered layout-designs as may be prescribed. (2) Subject to the superintendence and direction of the Central Government, the register shall be kept under the control and management of the Registrar. (3) There shall be kept at each Branch office of the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Registry a copy of the register and other documents as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, direct.

Question: What is provided in section 6(2)?

Answer: Subject to the superintendence and direction of the Central Government, the register shall be kept under the control and management of the Registrar.


Section 6: Register of Layout-Designs.

Question: How does section 6(2) read?

Answer: Subject to the superintendence and direction of the Central Government, the register shall be kept under the control and management of the Registrar.


Section 6: Register of Layout-Designs.

Question: What does section 6(3) state?

Answer: There shall be kept at each Branch office of the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Registry a copy of the register and other documents as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, direct.


Section 6: Register of Layout-Designs.

Question: How does section 6(3) read?

Answer: There shall be kept at each Branch office of the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Registry a copy of the register and other documents as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, direct.


Section 6: Register of Layout-Designs.

Question: What shall there be under section 6(3)?

Answer: kept at each Branch office of the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Registry a copy of the register and other documents as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, direct


Section 7: Prohibition of registration of certain layout-designs.

Context: (1)(a) which is not original; or (1)(b) which has been commercially exploited anywhere in India or in a convention country; or (1)(c) which is not inherently distinctive; or (1)(d) which is not inherently capable of being distinguishable from any other registered layout- design, shall not be registered as a layout-design: Provided that a layout-design which has been commercially exploited for not more than two years from the date on which an application for its registration has been filed either in India or in a convention country shall be treated as not having been commercially exploited for the purposes of this sub-section. (2) A layout-design shall be considered to be original if it is the result of its creator's own intellectual efforts and is not commonly known to the creators of layout-designs and manufacturers of semiconductor integrated circuits at the time of its creation: Provided that a layout-design consisting of such combination of elements and interconnections that are commonly known among creators of layout-designs and manufacturers of semiconductor integrated circuits shall be considered as original if such combination taken as a whole is the result of its creator's own intellectual efforts.

Question: What is laid down in section 7 with respect to prohibition of registration of certain layout-designs?

Answer: which is not original;


Question: What is provided in section 7(1)(a)?

Answer: which is not original;


Question: What is laid down in section 7(1)(a)?

Answer: which is not original;


Question: According to section 7(1)(b), what is specified?

Answer: which has been commercially exploited anywhere in India or in a convention country;


Question: Under section 7(1)(b), what provision is made?

Answer: which has been commercially exploited anywhere in India or in a convention country;


Question: Under section 7(1)(c), what is stated regarding prohibition of registration of certain layout-designs?

Answer: which is not inherently distinctive;


Question: What is laid down in section 7(1)(c)?

Answer: which is not inherently distinctive;


Question: What is provided in section 7(1)(d)?

Answer: which is not inherently capable of being distinguishable from any other registered layout- design, shall not be registered as a layout-design:


Question: Under section 7(1)(d), what provision is made?

Answer: which is not inherently capable of being distinguishable from any other registered layout- design, shall not be registered as a layout-design:


Question: What is provided in section 7(2)?

Answer: A layout-design shall be considered to be original if it is the result of its creator's own intellectual efforts and is not commonly known to the creators of layout-designs and manufacturers of semiconductor integrated circuits at the time of its creation:


Question: What is laid down in section 7(2)?

Answer: A layout-design shall be considered to be original if it is the result of its creator's own intellectual efforts and is not commonly known to the creators of layout-designs and manufacturers of semiconductor integrated circuits at the time of its creation:


Section 8: Application for registration.

Context: (1) Any person claiming to be the creator of a layout-design, who is desirous of registering it, shall apply in writing to the Registrar in the prescribed manner for the registration of his layout-design. (2) Every application under sub-section (1) shall be filed in the office of the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Registry within whose territorial limits the principal place of business in India of the applicant or in the case of joint application the principal place of business in India of the applicant whose name is first mentioned in the application, as having a place of business in India, is situate: Provided that, where the applicant or any of the joint applicant does not carry on business in India, the application shall be filed in the office of the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Registry within whose territorial limits the place mentioned in the address for service in India as disclosed in the application is situate. (3) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Registrar may refuse the application or may accept it absolutely or subject to such amendments or modifications, as he may think fit.

Question: What is laid down in section 8 with respect to application for registration?

Answer: Any person claiming to be the creator of a layout-design, who is desirous of registering it, shall apply in writing to the Registrar in the prescribed manner for the registration of his layout-design.


Question: What is provided in section 8(1)?

Answer: Any person claiming to be the creator of a layout-design, who is desirous of registering it, shall apply in writing to the Registrar in the prescribed manner for the registration of his layout-design.


Question: Under section 8(1), what provision is made?

Answer: Any person claiming to be the creator of a layout-design, who is desirous of registering it, shall apply in writing to the Registrar in the prescribed manner for the registration of his layout-design.


Question: According to section 8(3), what is specified?

Answer: Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Registrar may refuse the application or may accept it absolutely or subject to such amendments or modifications, as he may think fit.


Question: What is laid down in section 8(3)?

Answer: Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Registrar may refuse the application or may accept it absolutely or subject to such amendments or modifications, as he may think fit.


Section 10: Advertisement of application.

Context: (1) When an application for registration of a layout-design has been accepted, the Registrar shall, within fourteen days after the date of acceptance, cause the application as accepted to be advertised in the prescribed manner. (2)(a) an error in the application has been corrected; or (2)(b) the application has been permitted to be amended under section 12, the Registrar may in his discretion cause the application to be advertised again or, in any case falling under clause (b), may, instead of causing the application to be advertised again, notify in the prescribed manner the correction or amendment made in the application.

Question: Under section 10, what is stated about advertisement of application?

Answer: When an application for registration of a layout-design has been accepted, the Registrar shall, within fourteen days after the date of acceptance, cause the application as accepted to be advertised in the prescribed manner.


Question: What does section 10(1) state?

Answer: When an application for registration of a layout-design has been accepted, the Registrar shall, within fourteen days after the date of acceptance, cause the application as accepted to be advertised in the prescribed manner.


Question: Under section 10(1), what provision is made?

Answer: When an application for registration of a layout-design has been accepted, the Registrar shall, within fourteen days after the date of acceptance, cause the application as accepted to be advertised in the prescribed manner.


Question: What is provided in section 10(2)(a)?

Answer: an error in the application has been corrected;


Question: Under section 10(2)(a), what provision is made?

Answer: an error in the application has been corrected;


Section 11: Opposition to registration.

Context: (1) Any person may, within three months from the date of the advertisement or re-advertisement of an application for registration or within such further period, not exceeding one month in the aggregate, as the Registrar, on application made to him in the prescribed manner and on payment of the prescribed fee, allows, give notice in writing in the prescribed manner to the Registrar of opposition to the registration. (2) The Registrar shall serve a copy of the notice on the applicant for registration and, within two months from the receipt by the applicant of such copy of the notice of opposition, the applicant shall send to the Registrar in the prescribed manner a counter-statement of the grounds on which he relies for his application and if he does not do so, he shall be deemed to have abandoned his application. (3) If the applicant sends such counter-statement, the Registrar shall serve a copy thereof on the person giving notice of opposition. (4) Any evidence upon which the opponent and the applicant may rely shall be submitted in the prescribed manner and within the prescribed time to the Registrar, the Registrar shall give an opportunity to them to be heard, if they so desire.

Question: What is provided in section 11(3)?

Answer: If the applicant sends such counter-statement, the Registrar shall serve a copy thereof on the person giving notice of opposition.


Section 11: Opposition to registration.

Question: How does section 11(3) read?

Answer: If the applicant sends such counter-statement, the Registrar shall serve a copy thereof on the person giving notice of opposition.


Section 11: Opposition to registration.

Question: Under section 11(4), what is stated regarding opposition to registration?

Answer: Any evidence upon which the opponent and the applicant may rely shall be submitted in the prescribed manner and within the prescribed time to the Registrar, the Registrar shall give an opportunity to them to be heard, if they so desire.


Section 11: Opposition to registration.

Question: What is laid down in section 11(4)?

Answer: Any evidence upon which the opponent and the applicant may rely shall be submitted in the prescribed manner and within the prescribed time to the Registrar, the Registrar shall give an opportunity to them to be heard, if they so desire.


Section 11: Opposition to registration.

Context: (5) The Registrar shall, after hearing the parties, if so required, and considering the evidence, decide, after taking into account any ground of objection whether relied upon by the opponent or not. (6) When a person giving notice of opposition or an applicant sending a counter-statement after receipt of a copy of such notice neither resides nor carries on business in India, the Registrar may require him to give security for the costs of proceedings before him and, in default of such security being duly given, may treat the opposition or application, as the case may be, as abandoned.

Question: Under section 11(5), what is stated regarding opposition to registration?

Answer: The Registrar shall, after hearing the parties, if so required, and considering the evidence, decide, after taking into account any ground of objection whether relied upon by the opponent or not.


Section 11: Opposition to registration.

Question: What is laid down in section 11(5)?

Answer: The Registrar shall, after hearing the parties, if so required, and considering the evidence, decide, after taking into account any ground of objection whether relied upon by the opponent or not.


Section 12: Correction and amendment.

Context: (a) at any time, whether before or after acceptance of an application for registration under section 8, permit the correction of any error in or in connection with the application or permit an amendment of the application; or (b) permit correction of any error in, or an amendment of, a notice of opposition or a counter- statement under section 11.

Question: What does section 12 provide regarding correction and amendment?

Answer: at any time, whether before or after acceptance of an application for registration under section 8, permit the correction of any error in or in connection with the application or permit an amendment of the application;


Section 12: Correction and amendment.

Question: According to section 12(a), what is specified?

Answer: at any time, whether before or after acceptance of an application for registration under section 8, permit the correction of any error in or in connection with the application or permit an amendment of the application;


Section 12: Correction and amendment.

Question: What is laid down in section 12(a)?

Answer: at any time, whether before or after acceptance of an application for registration under section 8, permit the correction of any error in or in connection with the application or permit an amendment of the application;


Section 12: Correction and amendment.

Question: What does section 12(b) state?

Answer: permit correction of any error in, or an amendment of, a notice of opposition or a counter- statement under section 11.


Section 12: Correction and amendment.

Question: Under section 12(b), what provision is made?

Answer: permit correction of any error in, or an amendment of, a notice of opposition or a counter- statement under section 11.


Section 13: Registration.

Context: (1) Subject to the provisions of section 9, when an application for the registration of the layout-design has been accepted and either— (1)(a) the application has not been opposed and time for notice of opposition has expired; or (1)(b) the application has been opposed and the opposition has been decided in favour of the applicant, the Registrar shall register the said layout-design in the register and the layout-design shall be registered as of the date of the making of the said application and that date shall be deemed to be the date of registration. (2) On the registration of a layout-design, the Registrar shall issue to the applicant a certificate in the prescribed form of the registration thereof sealed with the seal of the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Registry. (3) Where registration of a layout-design is not completed within twelve months from the date of the application by reason of default on the part of the applicant, the Registrar may, after giving notice to the applicant in the prescribed manner, treat the application as abandoned unless it is completed within the time specified in that behalf in the notice. (4) The Registrar may amend the register or a certificate of registration for the purpose of correcting a clerical error or an obvious mistake.

Question: What does section 13 provide regarding registration?

Answer: Subject to the provisions of section 9, when an application for the registration of the layout-design has been accepted and either—


Section 13: Registration.

Question: What does section 13(1) state?

Answer: Subject to the provisions of section 9, when an application for the registration of the layout-design has been accepted and either—


Section 13: Registration.

Question: Under section 13(1), what provision is made?

Answer: Subject to the provisions of section 9, when an application for the registration of the layout-design has been accepted and either—


Section 13: Registration.

Question: Under section 13(1)(a), what is stated regarding registration?

Answer: the application has not been opposed and time for notice of opposition has expired;


Section 13: Registration.

Question: How does section 13(1)(a) read?

Answer: the application has not been opposed and time for notice of opposition has expired;


Section 13: Registration.

Question: Under section 13(2), what is stated regarding registration?

Answer: On the registration of a layout-design, the Registrar shall issue to the applicant a certificate in the prescribed form of the registration thereof sealed with the seal of the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Registry.


Section 13: Registration.

Question: How does section 13(2) read?

Answer: On the registration of a layout-design, the Registrar shall issue to the applicant a certificate in the prescribed form of the registration thereof sealed with the seal of the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Registry.


Section 13: Registration.

Question: What is provided in section 13(4)?

Answer: The Registrar may amend the register or a certificate of registration for the purpose of correcting a clerical error or an obvious mistake.


Section 13: Registration.

Question: How does section 13(4) read?

Answer: The Registrar may amend the register or a certificate of registration for the purpose of correcting a clerical error or an obvious mistake.


Section 14: Jointly owned layout-design.

Context: (1) Save as provided in sub-section (2), nothing in this Act shall authorise the registration of two or more persons who claim to be the creator of a layout-design. (2) Where the relation between two or more persons claiming to be the creator of layout-design are such that— (2)(a) both of them or all of them have put the combined intellectual effort in creating such design; or (2)(b) in relation to the creation of such layout-design both of them or all of them are connected in such manner that intellectual effort of each of them are not distinguishable in creation of such layout- design, those persons may be registered as joint proprietor of the layout-design and this Act shall have effect in relation to any right to the use of the layout-design vested in those persons as if in those rights vested in a single person.

Question: Under section 14, what is stated about jointly owned layout-design?

Answer: Save as provided in sub-section (2), nothing in this Act shall authorise the registration of two or more persons who claim to be the creator of a layout-design.


Question: Under section 14(1), what is stated regarding jointly owned layout-design?

Answer: Save as provided in sub-section (2), nothing in this Act shall authorise the registration of two or more persons who claim to be the creator of a layout-design.


Question: What is laid down in section 14(1)?

Answer: Save as provided in sub-section (2), nothing in this Act shall authorise the registration of two or more persons who claim to be the creator of a layout-design.


Question: What is provided in section 14(2)?

Answer: Where the relation between two or more persons claiming to be the creator of layout-design are such that—


Question: How does section 14(2) read?

Answer: Where the relation between two or more persons claiming to be the creator of layout-design are such that—


Question: What is provided in section 14(2)(a)?

Answer: both of them or all of them have put the combined intellectual effort in creating such design;


Question: Under section 14(2)(a), what provision is made?

Answer: both of them or all of them have put the combined intellectual effort in creating such design;


Section 15: Duration of registration.

Context: The registration of a layout-design shall be only for a period of ten years counted from the date of filing an application for registration or from the date of first commercial exploitation anywhere in India or in any country whichever is earlier. CHAPTER IV EFFECT OF REGISTRATION

Question: What does section 15 provide regarding duration of registration?

Answer: The registration of a layout-design shall be only for a period of ten years counted from the date of filing an application for registration or from the date of first commercial exploitation anywhere in India or in any country whichever is earlier.


Section 15: Duration of registration.

Question: According to section 15, what is specified?

Answer: The registration of a layout-design shall be only for a period of ten years counted from the date of filing an application for registration or from the date of first commercial exploitation anywhere in India or in any country whichever is earlier.


Section 15: Duration of registration.

Question: How does section 15 read?

Answer: The registration of a layout-design shall be only for a period of ten years counted from the date of filing an application for registration or from the date of first commercial exploitation anywhere in India or in any country whichever is earlier.


Section 16: No action of infringement of unregistered layout-design.

Context: No person shall be entitled to institute any proceeding to prevent, or to recover damages for, the infringement of an unregistered layout- design.

Question: What is laid down in section 16 with respect to no action of infringement of unregistered layout-design?

Answer: No person shall be entitled to institute any proceeding to prevent, or to recover damages for, the infringement of an unregistered layout- design.


Question: What does section 16 state?

Answer: No person shall be entitled to institute any proceeding to prevent, or to recover damages for, the infringement of an unregistered layout- design.


Question: Under section 16, what provision is made?

Answer: No person shall be entitled to institute any proceeding to prevent, or to recover damages for, the infringement of an unregistered layout- design.


Question: Under section 16, what is No person entitled to?

Answer: institute any proceeding to prevent, or to recover damages for, the infringement of an unregistered layout- design


Section 18: Infringement of layout-design.

Context: (1) A registered layout-design is infringed by a person who, not being the registered proprietor of the layout-design or a registered user thereof,— (1)(a) does any act of reproducing, whether by incorporating in a semiconductor integrated circuit or otherwise, a registered layout-design in its entirety or any part thereof, except such act of reproducing any part thereof which is not original within the meaning sub-section (2) of section 7; (1)(b) subject to the provisions of sub-section (5), does any act of importing or selling or otherwise distributing for commercial purposes a registered layout-design or a semiconductor integrated circuit incorporating such registered layout-design or an article incorporating such a semiconductor integrated circuit containing such registered layout-design for the use of which such person is not entitled under this Act. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 17, sub-section (1) or sub-section (5), the performance of the act of reproduction referred to in clause (a) of sub-section (1), where such act is performed for the limited purposes of scientific evaluation, analysis, research or teaching, shall not constitute act of infringement within the meaning of that clause.

Question: What is laid down in section 18 with respect to infringement of layout-design?

Answer: A registered layout-design is infringed by a person who, not being the registered proprietor of the layout-design or a registered user thereof,—


Question: What is provided in section 18(1)?

Answer: A registered layout-design is infringed by a person who, not being the registered proprietor of the layout-design or a registered user thereof,—


Question: How does section 18(1) read?

Answer: A registered layout-design is infringed by a person who, not being the registered proprietor of the layout-design or a registered user thereof,—


Section 21: Assignability and transmissibility of registered layout-design.

Context: Notwithstanding anything in any other law to the contrary, a registered layout-design shall, subject to the provisions of this Chapter, be assignable and transmissible whether with or without the goodwill of the business concerned.

Question: Under section 21, what is stated about assignability and transmissibility of registered layout-design?

Answer: Notwithstanding anything in any other law to the contrary, a registered layout-design shall, subject to the provisions of this Chapter, be assignable and transmissible whether with or without the goodwill of the business concerned.


Question: What does section 21 state?

Answer: Notwithstanding anything in any other law to the contrary, a registered layout-design shall, subject to the provisions of this Chapter, be assignable and transmissible whether with or without the goodwill of the business concerned.


Question: How does section 21 read?

Answer: Notwithstanding anything in any other law to the contrary, a registered layout-design shall, subject to the provisions of this Chapter, be assignable and transmissible whether with or without the goodwill of the business concerned.


Section 24: Registered users.

Context: Subject to the provisions of section 25, a person other than the registered proprietor of a layout-design may be registered as a registered user thereof.

Question: What is laid down in section 24 with respect to registered users?

Answer: Subject to the provisions of section 25, a person other than the registered proprietor of a layout-design may be registered as a registered user thereof.


Section 24: Registered users.

Question: Under section 24, what is provided?

Answer: Subject to the provisions of section 25, a person other than the registered proprietor of a layout-design may be registered as a registered user thereof.


Section 24: Registered users.

Question: Under section 24, what provision is made?

Answer: Subject to the provisions of section 25, a person other than the registered proprietor of a layout-design may be registered as a registered user thereof.


Section 25: Registration as registered user.

Context: (1) Where it is proposed that a person should be registered as a registered user of a layout-design, the registered proprietor and the proposed registered user shall jointly apply in writing to the Registrar in the prescribed manner and every such application shall be accompanied by— (1)(a) the agreement in writing or a duly authenticated copy thereof, entered into between the registered proprietor and the proposed registered user with respect to the permitted use of the layout- design; and (1)(b) an affidavit made by the registered proprietor or by some person authorised to the satisfaction of Registrar to act on his behalf— (1)(i) giving particulars of the relationship, existing or proposed, between the registered proprietor and the proposed registered user, including particulars showing the degree of control by the proprietor over the permitted use which the relationship will confer and whether it is a term of their relationship that the proposed registered user shall be sole registered user or that there shall be any other restriction as to persons for whose registration as registered user application may be made; (1)(ii) stating the conditions or restrictions, if any, proposed with respect to the place of permitted use or any other matter;

Question: What does section 25(1)(a) state?

Answer: the agreement in writing or a duly authenticated copy thereof, entered into between the registered proprietor and the proposed registered user with respect to the permitted use of the layout- design;


Question: Under section 25(1)(a), what provision is made?

Answer: the agreement in writing or a duly authenticated copy thereof, entered into between the registered proprietor and the proposed registered user with respect to the permitted use of the layout- design;


Question: What is provided in section 25(1)(b)?

Answer: an affidavit made by the registered proprietor or by some person authorised to the satisfaction of Registrar to act on his behalf—


Question: What is laid down in section 25(1)(b)?

Answer: an affidavit made by the registered proprietor or by some person authorised to the satisfaction of Registrar to act on his behalf—


Question: Under section 25(1)(ii), what is stated regarding registration as registered user?

Answer: stating the conditions or restrictions, if any, proposed with respect to the place of permitted use or any other matter;


Question: How does section 25(1)(ii) read?

Answer: stating the conditions or restrictions, if any, proposed with respect to the place of permitted use or any other matter;


Context: (1)(iii) stating whether the permitted use to be for a period or without limit of period, and, if for a period, the duration thereof; and (1)(c) such further documents or other evidence as may be required by the Registrar or as may be prescribed. (2) Where the requirement of sub-section (1) have been complied with, the Registrar shall register the proposed registered user. (3) The Registrar shall issue notice in the prescribed manner of the registration of a person as a registered user to other registered users of the layout-design, if any. (4) The Registrar shall, if so requested by the applicant, take steps of securing that information given for the purposes of an application under this section (other than matters entered in the register) is not disclosed to rivals in trade.

Question: Under section 25(1)(iii), what is stated regarding registration as registered user?

Answer: stating whether the permitted use to be for a period or without limit of period, and, if for a period, the duration thereof;


Question: How does section 25(1)(iii) read?

Answer: stating whether the permitted use to be for a period or without limit of period, and, if for a period, the duration thereof;


Question: What is provided in section 25(1)(c)?

Answer: such further documents or other evidence as may be required by the Registrar or as may be prescribed.


Question: What is laid down in section 25(1)(c)?

Answer: such further documents or other evidence as may be required by the Registrar or as may be prescribed.


Question: What is provided in section 25(2)?

Answer: Where the requirement of sub-section (1) have been complied with, the Registrar shall register the proposed registered user.


Question: How does section 25(2) read?

Answer: Where the requirement of sub-section (1) have been complied with, the Registrar shall register the proposed registered user.


Question: What does section 25(3) state?

Answer: The Registrar shall issue notice in the prescribed manner of the registration of a person as a registered user to other registered users of the layout-design, if any.


Question: Under section 25(3), what provision is made?

Answer: The Registrar shall issue notice in the prescribed manner of the registration of a person as a registered user to other registered users of the layout-design, if any.


Question: What is provided in section 25(4)?

Answer: The Registrar shall, if so requested by the applicant, take steps of securing that information given for the purposes of an application under this section (other than matters entered in the register) is not disclosed to rivals in trade.


Question: How does section 25(4) read?

Answer: The Registrar shall, if so requested by the applicant, take steps of securing that information given for the purposes of an application under this section (other than matters entered in the register) is not disclosed to rivals in trade.


Section 26: Power of Registrar for cancellation of registration as registered user.

Context: (1) Without prejudice to the provisions of section 30, the registration of a person as registered user— (1)(a) may be cancelled by the Registrar on application in writing in the prescribed manner of the registered proprietor or of the registered user or of any other registered user of the layout-design; (1)(b) may be cancelled by the Registrar on the application in writing in the prescribed manner of any person on any of the following grounds, namely:— (1)(i) that the registered user has used the layout-design otherwise than in accordance with the agreement under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 25; (1)(ii) that the proprietor or the registered user misrepresented, or failed to disclose, some fact material to the application for registration which if accurately represented or disclosed would not have justified the registration of the registered user; (1)(iii) that the circumstances have changed since the date of registration in such a way that at the date of such application for cancellation they would not have justified registration of the registered user; (1)(iv) that the registration ought not to have been effected having regard to right vested in the applicant by virtue of a contract in the performance of which he is interested;

Question: What is laid down in section 26 with respect to power of registrar for cancellation of registration as registered user?

Answer: Without prejudice to the provisions of section 30, the registration of a person as registered user—


Question: Under section 26(1), what is stated regarding power of registrar for cancellation of registration as registered user?

Answer: Without prejudice to the provisions of section 30, the registration of a person as registered user—


Question: Under section 26(1), what provision is made?

Answer: Without prejudice to the provisions of section 30, the registration of a person as registered user—


Question: Under section 26(1)(a), what is stated regarding power of registrar for cancellation of registration as registered user?

Answer: may be cancelled by the Registrar on application in writing in the prescribed manner of the registered proprietor or of the registered user or of any other registered user of the layout-design;


Question: What is laid down in section 26(1)(a)?

Answer: may be cancelled by the Registrar on application in writing in the prescribed manner of the registered proprietor or of the registered user or of any other registered user of the layout-design;


Question: Under section 26(1)(b), what is stated regarding power of registrar for cancellation of registration as registered user?

Answer: may be cancelled by the Registrar on the application in writing in the prescribed manner of any person on any of the following grounds, namely:—


Question: How does section 26(1)(b) read?

Answer: may be cancelled by the Registrar on the application in writing in the prescribed manner of any person on any of the following grounds, namely:—


Question: What is provided in section 26(1)(i)?

Answer: that the registered user has used the layout-design otherwise than in accordance with the agreement under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 25;


Question: Under section 26(1)(i), what provision is made?

Answer: that the registered user has used the layout-design otherwise than in accordance with the agreement under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 25;


Question: What does section 26(1)(ii) state?

Answer: that the proprietor or the registered user misrepresented, or failed to disclose, some fact material to the application for registration which if accurately represented or disclosed would not have justified the registration of the registered user;


Question: What is laid down in section 26(1)(ii)?

Answer: that the proprietor or the registered user misrepresented, or failed to disclose, some fact material to the application for registration which if accurately represented or disclosed would not have justified the registration of the registered user;


Question: Under section 26(1)(iii), what is stated regarding power of registrar for cancellation of registration as registered user?

Answer: that the circumstances have changed since the date of registration in such a way that at the date of such application for cancellation they would not have justified registration of the registered user;


Question: What is laid down in section 26(1)(iii)?

Answer: that the circumstances have changed since the date of registration in such a way that at the date of such application for cancellation they would not have justified registration of the registered user;


Question: According to section 26(1)(iv), what is specified?

Answer: that the registration ought not to have been effected having regard to right vested in the applicant by virtue of a contract in the performance of which he is interested;


Question: Under section 26(1)(iv), what provision is made?

Answer: that the registration ought not to have been effected having regard to right vested in the applicant by virtue of a contract in the performance of which he is interested;


Context: (1)(c) may be cancelled by the Registrar on his own motion or on the application in writing in the prescribed manner by any person on the ground that any stipulation in the agreement between the registered proprietor and the registered user regarding the topographical dimensions of the layout- design is either not being enforced or is not being complied with; (1)(d) may be cancelled by the Registrar if the layout-design is no longer registered. (2) The Registrar shall issue notice in the prescribed manner in respect of every application under this section to the registered proprietor and each registered user (not being the applicant) of the layout-design. (3) The procedure for cancelling a registration shall be such as may be prescribed: Provided that before cancelling of registration, the registered proprietor shall be given a reasonable opportunity of being heard.

Question: According to section 26(1)(d), what is specified?

Answer: may be cancelled by the Registrar if the layout-design is no longer registered.


Question: Under section 26(1)(d), what provision is made?

Answer: may be cancelled by the Registrar if the layout-design is no longer registered.


Question: What does section 26(2) state?

Answer: The Registrar shall issue notice in the prescribed manner in respect of every application under this section to the registered proprietor and each registered user (not being the applicant) of the layout-design.


Question: How does section 26(2) read?

Answer: The Registrar shall issue notice in the prescribed manner in respect of every application under this section to the registered proprietor and each registered user (not being the applicant) of the layout-design.


Question: What does section 26(3) state?

Answer: The procedure for cancelling a registration shall be such as may be prescribed:


Question: Under section 26(3), what provision is made?

Answer: The procedure for cancelling a registration shall be such as may be prescribed:


Section 28: Right of registered user to take proceedings against infringement.

Context: Subject to any agreement subsisting between the parties, a registered user may make complaint before the competent criminal court for the infringement in his own name as if he were the registered proprietor.

Question: Under section 28, what is stated about right of registered user to take proceedings against infringement?

Answer: Subject to any agreement subsisting between the parties, a registered user may make complaint before the competent criminal court for the infringement in his own name as if he were the registered proprietor.


Question: According to section 28, what is specified?

Answer: Subject to any agreement subsisting between the parties, a registered user may make complaint before the competent criminal court for the infringement in his own name as if he were the registered proprietor.


Question: What is laid down in section 28?

Answer: Subject to any agreement subsisting between the parties, a registered user may make complaint before the competent criminal court for the infringement in his own name as if he were the registered proprietor.


Section 29: Registered user not to have right of assignment or transmission.

Context: (a) where the registered user being an individual enters into a partnership with any other person for carrying on the business concerned; but in any such case the firm may use the layout-design, if otherwise in force, only for so long as the registered user is a member of the firm; (b) where the registered user being a firm subsequently undergoes a change in its constitution; but in any such case the reconstituted firm may use the layout-design, if otherwise in force, only for so long as any partner of the original firm at the time of its registration as registered user, continues to be a partner of the reconstituted firm. Explanation II.—For the purposes of Explanation I, “firm” has the same meaning as in the Indian Partnership Act, 1932 (9 of 1932). CHAPTER VII RECTIFICATION AND CORRECTION OF THE REGISTER

Question: What is laid down in section 29 with respect to registered user not to have right of assignment or transmission?

Answer: where the registered user being an individual enters into a partnership with any other person for carrying on the business concerned;


Question: What is provided in section 29(a)?

Answer: where the registered user being an individual enters into a partnership with any other person for carrying on the business concerned;


Question: What is laid down in section 29(a)?

Answer: where the registered user being an individual enters into a partnership with any other person for carrying on the business concerned;


Question: What is provided in section 29(b)?

Answer: where the registered user being a firm subsequently undergoes a change in its constitution;


Question: How does section 29(b) read?

Answer: where the registered user being a firm subsequently undergoes a change in its constitution;


Section 30: Power to rectify the register.

Context: (1) Any person aggrieved by the absence or omission from the register of any entry, or by any entry made in the register without sufficient cause, or by any entry wrongly remaining on the register, or by any error or defect in any entry in the register, may apply in the prescribed manner to the Appellate Board or to the Registrar, and the Appellate Board or the Registrar, as the case may be, may make such order for making, expunging or varying the entry as it may think it. (2) The Appellate Board or the Registrar may in any proceedings under this section decide any question that may be necessary or expedient to decide in connection with the rectification of the register. (3) The Appellate Board or the Registrar, of its own motion, may, after giving notice in the prescribed manner to the parties concerned and after giving them an opportunity of being heard, make any order referred to in sub-section (1). (4) Any order of the Appellate Board rectifying the register shall direct that notice of the rectification shall be served upon the Registrar in the prescribed manner who shall upon receipt of such notice, rectify the register accordingly.

Question: According to section 30(2), what is specified?

Answer: The Appellate Board or the Registrar may in any proceedings under this section decide any question that may be necessary or expedient to decide in connection with the rectification of the register.


Question: How does section 30(2) read?

Answer: The Appellate Board or the Registrar may in any proceedings under this section decide any question that may be necessary or expedient to decide in connection with the rectification of the register.


Question: According to section 30(3), what is specified?

Answer: The Appellate Board or the Registrar, of its own motion, may, after giving notice in the prescribed manner to the parties concerned and after giving them an opportunity of being heard, make any order referred to in sub-section (1).


Question: Under section 30(3), what provision is made?

Answer: The Appellate Board or the Registrar, of its own motion, may, after giving notice in the prescribed manner to the parties concerned and after giving them an opportunity of being heard, make any order referred to in sub-section (1).


Question: What is provided in section 30(4)?

Answer: Any order of the Appellate Board rectifying the register shall direct that notice of the rectification shall be served upon the Registrar in the prescribed manner who shall upon receipt of such notice, rectify the register accordingly.


Question: How does section 30(4) read?

Answer: Any order of the Appellate Board rectifying the register shall direct that notice of the rectification shall be served upon the Registrar in the prescribed manner who shall upon receipt of such notice, rectify the register accordingly.


Section 31: Correction of register.

Context: (1) The Registrar may, on application made in the prescribed manner by the registered proprietor,— (1)(a) correct any error in the name, address or description of the registered proprietor of a layout- design, or any other entry relating to the layout-design; (1)(b) enter any change in the name, address or description of the person who is registered as proprietor of a layout-design; (1)(c) cancel the entry of a layout-design on 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. (2) The Registrar may, on application made in the prescribed manner by a registered user of a layout- design, and after notice to the registered proprietor, correct any error, or enter any change in the name, address or description of the registered user. CHAPTER VIII APPELLATE BOARD

Question: Under section 31, what is stated about correction of register?

Answer: The Registrar may, on application made in the prescribed manner by the registered proprietor,—


Section 31: Correction of register.

Question: According to section 31(1), what is specified?

Answer: The Registrar may, on application made in the prescribed manner by the registered proprietor,—


Section 31: Correction of register.

Question: How does section 31(1) read?

Answer: The Registrar may, on application made in the prescribed manner by the registered proprietor,—


Section 31: Correction of register.

Question: What is provided in section 31(1)(a)?

Answer: correct any error in the name, address or description of the registered proprietor of a layout- design, or any other entry relating to the layout-design;


Section 31: Correction of register.

Question: How does section 31(1)(a) read?

Answer: correct any error in the name, address or description of the registered proprietor of a layout- design, or any other entry relating to the layout-design;


Section 31: Correction of register.

Question: What is provided in section 31(1)(b)?

Answer: enter any change in the name, address or description of the person who is registered as proprietor of a layout-design;


Section 31: Correction of register.

Question: What is laid down in section 31(1)(b)?

Answer: enter any change in the name, address or description of the person who is registered as proprietor of a layout-design;


Section 31: Correction of register.

Question: What is provided in section 31(1)(c)?

Answer: cancel the entry of a layout-design on 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.


Section 31: Correction of register.

Question: What is laid down in section 31(1)(c)?

Answer: cancel the entry of a layout-design on 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.


Section 31: Correction of register.

Question: What is provided in section 31(2)?

Answer: The Registrar may, on application made in the prescribed manner by a registered user of a layout- design, and after notice to the registered proprietor, correct any error, or enter any change in the name, address or description of the registered user.


Section 31: Correction of register.

Question: Under section 31(2), what provision is made?

Answer: The Registrar may, on application made in the prescribed manner by a registered user of a layout- design, and after notice to the registered proprietor, correct any error, or enter any change in the name, address or description of the registered user.


Section 33: Composition of Appellate Board.

Context: (1) The Appellate Board shall consist of a Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson, and such other Members as the Central Government may deem fit and, subject to the other provisions of this Act, the jurisdiction, powers and authority of the Appellate Board may be exercised by a Bench thereof. (2) Subject to the other provisions of this Act, a Bench shall consist of one Judicial Member and one Technical Member and shall sit at such place as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify. (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (2), the Chairperson— (3)(a) may, in addition to discharging the functions of the Judicial Member or Technical Member of the Bench to which he is appointed, discharge the function of the Judicial Member or, as the case may be, the Technical Member, of any other Bench; (3)(b) may transfer a Member from one Bench to another Bench; (3)(c) may authorise Vice-Chairperson, the Judicial Member or the Technical Member appointed to one Bench to discharge also the functions of the Judicial Member or the Technical Member, as the case may be, of another Bench.

Question: Under section 33(1), of what shall The Appellate Board consist?

Answer: a Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson, and such other Members as the Central Government may deem fit and, subject to the other provisions of this Act, the jurisdiction, powers and authority of the Appellate Board may be exercised by a Bench thereof


Question: Under section 33(2), what is stated regarding composition of appellate board?

Answer: Subject to the other provisions of this Act, a Bench shall consist of one Judicial Member and one Technical Member and shall sit at such place as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify.


Question: How does section 33(2) read?

Answer: Subject to the other provisions of this Act, a Bench shall consist of one Judicial Member and one Technical Member and shall sit at such place as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify.


Question: What shall Subject to the other provisions of this Act, a Bench consist of under section 33(2)?

Answer: one Judicial Member and one Technical Member and shall sit at such place as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify


Question: According to section 33(3), what is specified?

Answer: Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (2), the Chairperson—


Question: How does section 33(3) read?

Answer: Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (2), the Chairperson—


Question: What does section 33(3)(a) state?

Answer: may, in addition to discharging the functions of the Judicial Member or Technical Member of the Bench to which he is appointed, discharge the function of the Judicial Member or, as the case may be, the Technical Member, of any other Bench;


Question: How does section 33(3)(a) read?

Answer: may, in addition to discharging the functions of the Judicial Member or Technical Member of the Bench to which he is appointed, discharge the function of the Judicial Member or, as the case may be, the Technical Member, of any other Bench;


Question: What is provided in section 33(3)(b)?

Answer: may transfer a Member from one Bench to another Bench;


Question: How does section 33(3)(b) read?

Answer: may transfer a Member from one Bench to another Bench;


Question: What does section 33(3)(c) state?

Answer: may authorise Vice-Chairperson, the Judicial Member or the Technical Member appointed to one Bench to discharge also the functions of the Judicial Member or the Technical Member, as the case may be, of another Bench.


Question: What is laid down in section 33(3)(c)?

Answer: may authorise Vice-Chairperson, the Judicial Member or the Technical Member appointed to one Bench to discharge also the functions of the Judicial Member or the Technical Member, as the case may be, of another Bench.