Preamble1 - THE DESIGNS ACT, 2000
Chapter 1 Section1 - Short title, extent and commencement
Section2 - Definitions
Chapter 2 Section3 - Controller and other officers
Section4 - Prohibition of registration of certain designs
Section5 - Application for registration of designs
Section6 - Registration to be in respect of particular article
Section7 - Publication of particulars of registered designs
Section8 - Power of Controller to make orders regarding substitution of application, etc.
Section9 - Certificate of registration
Section10 - Register of designs
Chapter 3 Section11 - Copyright on registration
Section12 - Restoration of lapsed designs
Section13 - Procedure for disposal of applications for restoration of lapsed designs
Section14 - Rights of proprietor of lapsed design which have been restored
Section15 - Requirements before delivery on sales
Section16 - Effect of disclosure on copyright
Section17 - Inspection of registered designs
Section18 - Information as to existence of copyright
Section19 - Cancellation of registration
Section20 - Designs to bind Government
Chapter 4 Section21 - Provisions as to exhibitions
Chapter 5 Section22 - Piracy of registered design
Section23 - Application of certain provisions of the Act as to patents to designs
Chapter 6 Section24 - Fees : Fees
Section25 - Provisions as to registers and other documents in the patent office : Notice of trust not to be entered in registers
Section26 - Inspection of and extracts from registers
Section27 - Privilege of reports of Controller
Section28 - Prohibition and publication of specification, drawings, etc., where application abandoned, etc.
Section29 - Power of Controller to correct clerical errors
Section30 - Entry of assignment and transmissions in registers
Section31 - Rectification of register
Chapter 7 Section32 - Powers of Controller in proceedings under Act
Section33 - Exercise of discretionary power by Controller
Section34 - Power of Controller to take directions of the Central Government
Section35 - Refusal to register a design in certain cases
Section36 - Appeals to the High Court
Chapter 8 Section37 - Evidence before the Controller
Section38 - Certificate of Controller to be evidence
Section39 - Evidence of documents in patent office
Section40 - Applications and notices by post
Section41 - Declaration by infant, lunatic etc.
Section42 - Avoidance of certain restrictive conditions
Chapter 9 Section43 - Agency
Chapter 10 Section44 - Reciprocal arrangement with the United Kingdom and other convention countries or group of countries or inter-governmental organisations
Section45 - Report of the Controller to be placed before Parliament
Section46 - Protection of security of India
Section47 - Power of Central Government to make rules
Chapter 11 Section48 - Repeal and savings