CHAPTER XI REPEAL AND SAVINGS   SECTION 48 Repeal and savings (1) The Designs Act, 1911 (2 of 1911) is hereby repealed. (2) Without prejudice to the provisions contained in the General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1987) with respect to repeals, any notification, rule, order, requirement, registration, certificate, notice, decision, determination, direction, approval, authorisation, […]

CHAPTER X POWERS, ETC., OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT   SECTION 44 Reciprocal arrangement with the United Kingdom and other convention countries or group of countries or inter-governmental organizations (1) Any person who has applied for protection for any design in the United Kingdom or any of other convention countries or group of countries or countries which […]

CHAPTER IX AGENCY   SECTION 43 Agency (1) All applications and communications to the Controller under this Act may be signed by, and all attendances upon the Controller may be made by or through a legal practitioner or by or through an agent whose name and address has been entered in the register of patent […]

CHAPTER VIII EVIDENCE, ETC.   SECTION 37 Evidence before the Controller Subject to any rules made under section 44, in any proceeding under this before the Controller, the evidence shall be given by affidavit in the absence of directions by the Controller to the before the contrary; but in any case in which the Controller […]

CHAPTER VII POWERS AND DUTIES OF CONTROLLER   SECTION 32 Powers of Controller in proceedings under Act Subject to any rules in this behalf, the Controller in any proceedings before him under this Act s hall have the powers of a civil court for the purpose of receiving evidence, administering oaths, enforcing the attendance of […]

CHAPTER VI GENERAL   SECTION 24 Fees (1) There shall be paid in respect of the registration of designs and applications therefor and in respect of other matters relating to designs under this Act such fees may be prescribed. (2) A proceeding in respect of which a fee is payable under this Act or the […]

CHAPTER V LEGAL PROCEEDINGS   SECTION 22 Piracy of registered design (1) During the existence of copyright in any design it shall not be lawful for any person- (a) for the purpose of sale to apply or cause to be applied to any article in any class of articles in which the design is registered, […]

CHAPTER IV INDUSTRIAL AND INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS   SECTION 21 Provisions as to exhibitions The exhibition of a design, or of any article to which a design is applied, at an industrial or other exhibition to which the provisions of this section have been extended by the Central Government by notification in the Official Gazette, or […]

CHAPTER III COPYRIGHT IN REGISTERED DESIGNS   SECTION 11 Copyright on registration (1) When a design is registered, the registered proprietor of the design shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, have copyright in the design during ten years from the date of registration. (2) If, before the expiration of the said ten years, […]

CHAPTER II REGISTRATION OF DESIGNS   Section 3 Controller and other officers (1) The Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks appointed under sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Trade and Merchandise Marks Act, 1958 (43 of 1958) shall be the Controller of Designs for the purposes of this Act. (2) For the […]