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CHAPTER IV EFFECT OF REGISTRATION

Section 20: No action for infringement of unregistered geographical indication

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

(1) No person shall be entitled to institute any proceeding to prevent, or to recover damages for, the infringement of an unregistered geographical indication.

(2) Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to affect rights of action against any person for passing off goods as the goods of another person or the remedies in respect thereof.

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