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Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-design Act, 2000 Complete Act

Title: Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-design Act, 2000

State: Central

Year: 2000

..... 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.....

Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-design Act, 2000 Part 1

Title: The Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-design Act, 2000

State: Central

Year: 2000

THE SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS LAYOUT-DESIGN ACT, 2000 [Act, No. 37 of 2000] [4Th September, 2000] PREAMBLE An Act to provide for the protection of semiconductor integrated circuits layout-designs and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. whereas the Final Act embodying the results of the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations done at Marrakesh on the 15th day of April, 1994 provides for establishment of the World Trade Organisation; and whereas the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights is part of the said Final Act; and whereas the Government of India, having ratified the said Final Act, should, inter alia, make provisions for giving effect to section 6 in Part II of the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights relating to Layout-Design (Topographies) of Integrated Circuits: be it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-first Year of the Republic of India as follows:--

Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-design Act, 2000 Section 1

Title: Short Title, Extent and Commencement

State: Central

Year: 2000

(1) This Act may be called the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act, 2000. (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; and 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.

Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-design Act, 2000 Section 3

Title: Registrar of Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-design

State: Central

Year: 2000

(1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint a person to be known as the Registrar of Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design for the purposes of this Act. (2) The Central Government may appoint such other officers with such designation as it thinks fit for the purpose of discharging, under the superintendence and direction of the Registrar, such functions of the Registrar under this Act as he may from time to time authorise them to discharge.

Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-design Act, 2000 Section 58

Title: Penalty for Improperly Describing a Place of Business as Connected with the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-design Registry

State: Central

Year: 2000

If any person uses on his place of business, or on any document issued by him, or otherwise, words which would reasonably lead to the belief that his place of business is, or is officially connected with, the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Registry, he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine, or with both.

Indian Short Titles Act, 1897 Preamble 1

Title: Indian Short Titles Act, 1897

State: Central

Year: 1897

THE INDIAN SHORT TITLES ACT, 1897 [Act, No. 14 of 1897] [AS ON 1957] [22nd July, 1897] PREAMBLE An Act to facilitate the citation of certain Acts. WHEREAS it is expedient to facilitate the citation of certain Acts; It is hereby enacted as follows:-

Indian Short Titles Act, 1897 Complete Act

Title: Indian Short Titles Act, 1897

State: Central

Year: 1897

Preamble1 - INDIAN SHORT TITLES ACT, 1897 Section1 - Title Section2 - Citation of Acts described in Schedule ScheduleI - THE SCHEDULE

Delhi Police Act, 1978 Complete Act

State: Delhi

Year: 1978

.....for further service in the police, the appointing authority shall forthwith permit him to withdraw from duty on his discharging, or giving a satisfactory security for the payment of any debt due from him as such police officer to Government or to any police fund : Provided that he shall forthwith return the certificate of appointment, arms, accoutrements, uniform and all other Government property in his possession before he is permitted to withdraw from duty. (7) If any such police officer of subordinate rank resigns or withdraws himself from the duties of his office in contravention of this section, he shall be liable on the orders of the appointing authority to forfeit all arrears of pay then due to him in addition to the penalty to which he may be liable under section 22 or any other law for the time being in force. (8) Every such police officer on leaving the service in the Delhi police as aforesaid shall be given by the appointing authority a Discharge Certificate in such form as may be prescribed. Section26 Certificate, arms etc., to be delivered by person ceasing to be a police officer (1) Every person who for any reason ceases to be a police officer shall.....

Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layoutdesign Act, 2000 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 2000

.....to be original if it is the result of its creator's own intellectual efforts and is not commonly known to the creators of layout-designs and manufacturers of semiconductor integrated circuits at the time of its creation : Provided that a layout-design consisting of such combination of elements and interconnections that are commonly known among creators of layout-designs and manufacturers of semiconductor integrated circuits shall be considered as original if such combination taken as a whole is the result of its creator's own intellectual efforts. (3) Where an original layout-design has been created in execution of a commission or a contract of employment, the right of registration to such layout-design under this Act shall belong, in the absence of any contractual provision to the contrary, to the person who commissioned the work or to the employer. CHAPTER 03 PROCEDURE FOR AND DURATION OF REGISTRATION SECTION 08: APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION (1) Any person claiming to be the creator of a layout- design, who is desirous of registering it, shall apply in writing to the Registrar in the prescribed manner for the registration of his layout-design. (2) Every application.....

Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-design Act, 2000 Chapter IV

Title: Effect of Registration

State: Central

Year: 2000

.....rights conferred by the registration of a layout-design shall be available to the registered proprietor of that layout-design irrespective of the fact as to whether the layout-design is incorporated in an article or not. Section 18 - Infringement of layout-design (1) A registered layout-design is infringed by a person who, not being the registered proprietor of the layout-design or a registered user thereof,-- (a) does any act of reproducing, whether by incorporating in a semiconductor integrated circuit or otherwise, a registered layout-design in its entirety or any part thereof, except such act of reproducing any part thereof which is not original within the meaning of sub-section (2) of section 7; (b) subject to the provisions of sub-section (5), does any act of importing or selling or otherwise distributing for commercial purposes a registered layout-design or a semiconductor integrated circuit incorporating such registered layout-design or an article incorporating such a semiconductor integrated circuit containing such registered layout-design for the use of which such person is not entitled under this Act. Registration to be prima facie evidence of validity.-- .....