Geographical Indications Act 2014 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 7 · Miscellaneous and General Provisions
75. Registration to be prima facie evidence
Feedback & supportIn all legal proceedings relating to a registered geographical indication or any right thereunder (including proceedings for rectification of the register) —
registered geographical indication
“registered geographical indication” means a geographical indication that is registered under section 48;
the register is prima facie evidence of anything contained therein; and
register
“register” means —(a)when used as a noun, the register of geographical indications maintained by the Registrar under section 21; and(b)when used as a verb, to enter in the register;
the registration of a registered geographical indication is prima facie evidence that the grounds referred to in section 41 are absent.