Act Info:
Part1 - THE SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS LAYOUT-DESIGN ACT, 2000
Chapter I Section1 - Short title, extent and commencement
Section2 - Definitions
Chapter II Section3 - Registrar of Semiconductor Integrated Circuits layout-design
Section4 - Power of Registrar to transfer pending matters
Section5 - Registry
Section6 - Register of Layout-Designs
Section7 - Prohibition of registration of certain layout-designs
Chapter III Section8 - Application for registration
Section9 - Withdrawal of acceptance
Section10 - Advertisement of application
Section11 - Opposition to registration
Section12 - Correction and amendment
Section13 - Registration
Section14 - Jointly owned layout-design
Section15 - Duration of registration
Chapter IV Section16 - No action of infringement of unregistered layout-design
Section17 - Rights conferred by registration
Section18 - Infringement of layout-design
Section19 - Registration to be prima facie evidence of validity
Chapter V Section20 - Power of Registered Proprietor to assign and give receipts
Section21 - Assignability and transmissibility of registered layout-design
Section22 - Conditions for assignment otherwise than in connection with the goodwill of a business
Section23 - Registration of assignments and transmissions
Chapter VI Section24 - Registered users
Section25 - Registration as registered user
Section26 - Power of Registrar for cancellation of registration as registered user
Section27 - Power of Registrar to call for information relating to agreement in respect of registered users
Section28 - Right of registered user to take proceedings against infringement
Section29 - Registered user not to have right of assignment or transmission
Chapter VII Section30 - Power to rectify the register
Section31 - Correction of register
Chapter VIII Section32 - Establishment of Layout-Design Appellate Board
Section33 - Composition of Appellate Board
Section34 - Qualifications for appointment as Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson, or other Members
Section35 - Term of office of Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and Members
Section36 - Vice Chairperson or senior-most Member to act as Chairperson or discharge his function in certain circumstances
Section37 - Salaries, allowances and other terms and conditions of service of Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and other Members
Section38 - Resignation and removal
Section39 - Staff of Appellate Board
Section40 - Application to the Appellate Board to determine royalty
Section41 - Power of the Board to cancel registration
Section42 - Appeal to Appellate Board
Section43 - Procedure and powers of Appellate Board
Section44 - Bar of jurisdiction of courts, etc.
Section45 - Bar to appear before Appellate Board
Section46 - Conditions as to making of interim order
Section47 - Power of Chairperson to transfer cases from one Bench to another
Section48 - Procedure for application for rectification, etc., before Appellate Board
Section49 - Appearance of Registrar in legal proceedings
Section50 - Registrar to refer certain disputes to the Board
Section51 - Power of the Board to permit certain uses
Section52 - Costs of Registrar in proceedings before Appellate Board
Section53 - Appeal
Section54 - Powers of High Courts to make rules
Section55 - Transitional provisions
Chapter IX Section56 - Penalty for infringement of layout-design
Section57 - Penalty for falsely representing a layout-design as registered
Section58 - Penalty for improperly describing a place of business as connected with the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Registry
Section59 - Penalty for falsification of entries in the register
Section60 - Forfeiture of goods
Section61 - Exemption of certain persons employed in ordinary course of business
Section62 - Procedure where invalidity of registration is pleaded by the accused
Section63 - Offences by companies
Section64 - Cognizance of certain offences
Section65 - Costs of defence or prosecution
Section66 - Information as to commission of offence
Section67 - Punishment of abetment in India of acts done out of India
Chapter X Section68 - Protection of security of India
Section69 - Protection of action taken in good faith
Section70 - Certain persons to be public servants
Section71 - Implied warranty on sale of layout-design, etc.
Section72 - Powers of Registrar
Section73 - Exercise of discretionary power by Registrar
Section74 - Evidence before Registrar
Section75 - Death of party to a proceeding
Section76 - Extension of time
Section77 - Abandonment
Section78 - Preliminary advice by the Registrar
Section79 - Registered user to be impleaded in certain proceedings
Section80 - Evidence of entries in register, etc., and things done by the Registrar
Section81 - Registrar and other officers not compellable to produce register, etc
Section82 - Certificate of validity
Section83 - Address for service
Section84 - Agents
Section85 - Layout-design registered by an agent or representative without authority
Section86 - Indexes
Section87 - Documents open to public inspection
Section88 - Reports of Registrar to be placed before Parliament
Section89 - Fees and surcharge
Section90 - Savings in respect of Chapter IX
Section91 - Declaration as to ownership of layout-design not registerable under the Registration Act, 1908
Section92 - Government to be bound
Section93 - Convention countries
Section94 - Provision as to reciprocity
Section95 - Power of Central Government to remove difficulties
Section96 - Power to make rules