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असाधारण EXTRAORDINARY भाग II—खण्ड 1 PART II—Section 1 प्राधिकार से प्रकाशित PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

सं 61] No. 61]

इस भाग में भिन्न पृष्ठ संख्या दी जाती है जिससे कि यह अलग संकलन के रूप में रखा जा सके। Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed as a separate compilation.

(Legislative Department)

New Delhi, the 30th December, 1999/Pausa 9, 1921 (Saka)

The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 30th December, 1999, and is hereby published for general information:—

THE GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS OF GOODS (REGISTRATION AND PROTECTION) ACT, 1999

[30th December,1999.]

An Act to provide for the registration and better protection of geographical indications relating to goods.

it enacted by Parliament in the Fiftieth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—

1. This Act may be called the Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999.

It extends to the whole of India.

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.