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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-design Act, 2000

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https://sooperkanoon.com/act/51818

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Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-design Act, 2000 (2000) is Central state legislation published on SooperKanoon in full. Use this page to read the bare act and jump to judgments that cite it.

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Act Text

Part1 - The Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-design Act, 2000
ChapterI - Preliminary
Section1 - Short Title, Extent and Commencement
Section2 - Definitions
ChapterII - The Register and Conditions of Registration
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
ChapterIII - Procedure for and Duration of Registration
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
ChapterIV - Effect of Registration
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
ChapterV - Assignemnt and Trasmission
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
ChapterVI - Use of Layout-design Andregisteredusers
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
ChapterVII - Rectification and Correction of the Register
Section30 - Power to Rectify the Register
Section31 - Correction of Register
ChapterVIII - Appellate Board
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
ChapterIX - Offences,penalties and Procedure
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
ChapterX - Miscellaneous
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

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