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CHAPTER VIII OFFENCES, PENALTIES AND PROCEDURE

Section 37A: Adjudication of penalties

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

1[The Registrar may, by an order, authorise an officer referred to in section 3, to be adjudicating officer for holding an inquiry and imposing penalty under the provisions of this Act, in the manner as may be prescribed, after giving a reasonable opportunity of being heard.

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Ins. by Act 18 of 2023, s. 2 and Sch. (w.e.f. 1-8-2024).

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