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Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 Section 3

Title: Definition

State: Central

Year: 1958

.....figures, letters and words "17th day of June 1966" by the Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 1983 (12 of 1983), Section 3 (18-5-1983). 13. Substituted for former Clause (38) by Act 21 of 1966, Section 2(c), (28-5-1966). 14. Inserted by Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 1976 (69 of 1976), Section 3(b) (1-12-1976). 15. Inserted by Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 1976 (69 of 1976), Section 3(c) (1-12-1976). 16. Inserted by Act 21 of 1966, Section 2(f) (28-5-1966). 17. Clauses (51) and (52) omitted by the Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 1976 (69 of 1976), Section 3(d) (1-12-1976). 18. Inserted by the Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 2007 [Act No. 40 of 2007].

Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 Part I

Title: Preliminary

State: Central

Year: 1958

.....the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act. Section 2 - Application of Act 1[2. Application of Act (1) Unless otherwise expressly provided, the provisions of this Act which apply to-- (a) any vessel which is registered in India; or (b) any vessel which is required by this Act to be so registered; or (c) any other vessel which is owned wholly by persons to each of whom any of the descriptions specified in clause (a) or in clause (b) or in clause (c), as the case may be, of section 21 applies, shall so apply wherever the vessel may be. (2) Unless otherwise expressly provided, the provisions of this Act which apply to vessels other than those referred to in sub-section (1) shall so apply only while any such vessel is within India, including the territorial2waters thereof.] ___________________________ 1. Substituted for former Section 2 by Merchant Shipping (Amdt.) Act, 1983 (12 of 1983), Section 2(18-5-1983). 2. The territorial waters of India extend into the sea to a distance of twelve nautical miles measured from the appropriate baseline. Section 3 -.....

Patents Act, 1970 (39 of 1970) Section 133

Title: Convention Countries

State: Central

Year: 1970

.....with any country outside India which affords to applicants for patents in India or to citizens of India similar privileges as are granted to its own citizens in respect of the grant of patents and the protection of patent rights, the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare such country to be a convention country for the purposes of this Act, (2) A declaration under sub-section (1) may be made for the purposes either of all or of some only of the provisions of this Act, and a country in the case of which a declaration made for the purposes of some only of the provisions of this Act is in force shall be deemed to be a convention country for the purposes of those provisions only. *[Explanation.-For the purposes of this Chapter "country" includes a group or union of countries or Inter-Governmental organisation.] ________________________ * Inserted by Patents (Amdt) Act, 2002. dated 25.06.2002 w.e.f 20.05.2003.

Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999 Section 84

Title: Special Provisions Relating to Applications for Registration from Citizens of Convention Countries

State: Central

Year: 1999

.....to its own citizens, the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare such country or group of countries or union of countries or inter-Governmental organisations to he a convention country or convention countries for the purposes of this Act. (2) Nothing contained in this Act or the Trade Marks Act, 1999 shall prevent a continued and similar use of geographical indication relating to a country or a country which is a member of a group of countries or union of countries or any Inter-Governmental organisations, as the case may be, notified under sub-section (1) identifying wines or spirits in connection with goods by any citizen or domiciliary of such country who has used that geographical indication in continuous manner with regard to such goods or any goods relating to such goods, as the case may be, in any part of the territory of that country either (a) for at least ten years preceding the 15th day of April, 1994; or (b) in good faith preceding the date referred to in section (a).

Patents Act, 1970 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1970

PATENTS ACT, 1970 PATENTS ACT, 1970 39 OF 1970 An Act to amend and consolidate the law relating to patents. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty-first Year of the Republic of India as follows:- CHAPTER 1 : PRELIMINARY SECTION 1 : Short title, extent and commencement (1) This Act may be called the Patents Act, 1970. (2) It extends to the whole of India. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint : Provided that different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act, and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision. SECTION 2 : Definitions and interpretation (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "Appellate Board" means the Appellate Board referred to in Sec. 116; (ab) "assignee" includes an assignee of the assignee and the legal representative of a deceased assignee and references to the assignee of any person include references to the assignee of the legal representative or assignee of that person; (aba) "Budapest Treaty" mean the Budapest.....

Patents Act, 1970 (39 of 1970) Chapter XXII

Title: International Arrangements

State: Central

Year: 1970

.....application was made, certified by the official chief or head of the patent office of the convention country, or otherwise verified to the satisfaction of the Controller, along with the application or within three months thereafter, or within such further period as the Controller may on good cause allow. ________________________ * Inserted by Patents (Amdt) Act, 2002. dated 25.06.2002 w.e.f 20.05.2003. Section 138 - Supplementary provisions as to convention applications "(1) Where a convention application is made in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter, the applicant shall furnish, when required by the Controller, in addition to the complete specification, copies of the specifications or corresponding documents filed or deposited by the applicant in the patent office of the convention country as referred to in section 133 verified to the satisfaction of the Controller, within the prescribed period from the date of communication by the Controller (2) If any such specification or other document is in a foreign language, a translation into English of the specification or document, verified by affidavit or otherwise to the satisfaction of the Controller,.....

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

State: Central

Year: 1999

.....expressions used and not defined in this Act but defined in the Trade Marks Act, 1999shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in that Act. (3) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference- (a) to the use of a geographical indication shall be construed as a reference to the use of a printed or other visual representation of the geographical indication; (b) to the use of a geographical indication in relation to goods shall be construed as a reference to the use of the geographical indication upon, or in any physical or in any other relation whatsoever, to such goods; (c) to a registered geographical indication shall be construed as including a reference to a geographical indication registered in the register; (d) to the Registrar shall be construed as including a reference to any officer when discharging the functions of the Registrar in pursuance of sub-section (2) of section 3-; (e) to the Geographical Indications Registry shall be construed as including a reference to any office of the Geographical Indications Registry. SECTION 03: REGISTRAR OF GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS (1) The Controller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks appointed.....

Patents Act, 1970 (39 of 1970) Amending Act II

Title: Amendment Act

State: Central

Year: 1970

.....date of the applicant's claim; (f)that the subject of any claim of the complete specification is not an inventionwithin the meaning of this Act, or is not patentable under this Act; (g)that the complete specification does not sufficiently and clearly describe theinvention or the method by which it is to be performed; (h)that the applicant has failed to disclose to the Controller the informationrequired by section 8 or has furnished the information which in any materialparticular was false to his knowledge; (i)that in the case of a convention application, the application was not madewithin twelve months from the date of the first application for protection forthe invention made in a convention country by the applicant or a person fromwhom he derives title; (j)that the complete specification does not disclose or wrongly mentions the sourceor geographical origin of biological material used for the invention; (k)that the invention so far as claimed in any claim of the complete specificationis anticipated having regard to the knowledge, oral or otherwise, availablewithin any local or indigenous community in India or elsewhere, buton no other ground,' andthe.....

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

Title: Miscellaneous

State: Central

Year: 1999

.....the trade concerned and of any relevant geographical indication legitimately used by other persons. Section 76 - Agents Where, by or under this Act, any act, other than the making of an affidavit, is required to be done before the Registrar by any person, the act may, subject to the rules made in this behalf, be done instead of by that person himself, by a person duly authorised in the prescribed manner, who is. (a) a legal practitioner, or (b) a person registered in the prescribed manner as a geographical indications agent, or (c) a person in the sole and regular employment of the principal. Section 77 - Indexes There shall be kept under the directions and supervision of the Registrar, (a) an index of registered geographical indications, (b) an index of geographical indications in respect of which applications for registrations are pending. (c) an index of the names of the proprietors of registered geographical indications, and (d) an index of the names of authorised users. Section 78 - Documents open to public inspection (1) The following documents, subject to such conditions as may be prescribed, be open to public inspection at the Geographical.....

Patents Act, 1970 (39 of 1970) Chapter VI

Title: Anticipation

State: Central

Year: 1970

.....in any application for protection in a convention country upon which the convention application is founded was used in India or published in India or elsewhere at any time after the date of that application for protection. Section 34 - No anticipation if circumstances are only as described in sections 29, 30, 31 and 32 Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the Controller shall not refuse1[Omitted] to grant a patent, and a patent shall not be revoked or invalidated by reason only of any circumstances which, by virtue of section 29 or section 30 or section 31 or section 32, do not constitute an anticipation of the invention claimed in the specification. _________________________ 1. Substituted by Patents (Amdt) Act, 2005 for the words: not later than six months.