(2) Unless the Appellate Board otherwise directs, the Registrar may, in lieu of appearing, submit a statement in writing signed by him, giving such particulars as he thinks proper of the proceedings before him relating to the matter in issue or of the grounds of any decision given by him affecting it, or of the practice of the Geographical Indications Registry in like cases, or of other matters relevant to the issues and within his knowledge as Registrar, and such statement shall be evidence in the proceeding.
Costs of Registrar in proceedings before the Appellate Board.36. In all proceedings under this Act before the Appellate Board the costs of the Registrar shall be in the discretion of the Board, but the Registrar shall not be ordered to proceedings pay the costs of any of the parties.
CHAPTER VIII
Offences, penalties and procedure
Meaning of applying geographic indications.37. (1) A person shall be deemed to apply a geographical indication to goods who
(a) applies it to the goods themselves; or
(b) applies it to any package in or with which the goods are sold, or exposed for sale, or had in possession for sale or for any purpose of trade or manufacture; or
(c) places, encloses or annexes any goods which are sold, or exposed for sale, or had in possession for sale or for any purpose of trade or manufacture, in or with any package or other thing to which a geographical indication has been applied; or
(d) uses a geographical indication in any manner reasonably likely to lead to the belief that the goods in connection with which it is used are designated or described by that geographical indication; or
(e) in relation to the goods uses a geographical indication in any sign, advertisement, invoice, catalogue, business letter, business paper, price list or other commercial documents and goods are delivered to a person in pursuance of a request or order made by reference to the geographical indication as so used.
(2) A geographical indication shall be deemed to be applied to goods whether it is woven in, impressed on, or otherwise worked into, or annexed or affixed to, the goods or to any package or other thing.
Falsifying and falsely applying geographical indications.38. (1) A person shall be deemed to falsify a geographical indication who, either,—
(a) without the assent of the authorised user of the geographical indication makes that geographical indication or deceptively similar geographical indication; or
(b) falsifies any genuine geographical indication, whether by alteration, addition, effacement or otherwise.
(2) A person shall be deemed to falsely apply to goods a geographical indication who, without the assent of the authorised user of the geographical indication,—
(a) applies such geographical indication or a deceptively similar geographical indication to goods or any package containing goods;
(b) uses any package bearing a geographical indication which is identical with or deceptively similar to the geographical indication of such authorised user, for the purpose of packing, filling or wrapping therein any goods other than the genuine goods of the authorised user of the geographical indication.
(3) Any geographical indication falsified as mentioned in sub-section (1) or falsely applied as mentioned in sub—section (2), is in this Act referred to as a false geographical indication.
