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Designs Act, 2000
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Chapter I - Preliminary
Chapter II - Registration of Designs
- Section 3Controller and other officers
- Section 4Prohibition of registration of certain designs
- Section 5Application for registration of designs
- Section 6Registration to be in respect of particular article
- Section 7Publication of particulars of registered designs
- Section 8Power of Controller to make orders regarding substitution of application, etc.
- Section 9Certificate of registration
- Section 10Register of designs
Chapter III - Copyright in Registered Designs
- Section 11Copyright on registration
- Section 12Restoration of lapsed designs
- Section 13Procedure for disposal of applications for restoration of lapsed designs
- Section 14Rights of proprietor of lapsed design which have been restored
- Section 15Requirements before delivery on sales
- Section 16Effect of disclosure on copyright
- Section 17Inspection of registered designs
- Section 18Information as to the existence of copyright
- Section 19Cancellation of registration
- Section 20Designs to bind Government
Chapter IV - Industrial and International Exhibitions
Chapter V - Legal Proceedings
Chapter VI - General
- Section 24Fees
- Section 25Notice of trust not to be entered in registers
- Section 26Inspection of and extracts from registers
- Section 27Privilege of reports of Controller
- Section 28Prohibition and publication of specification, drawings, etc., where application abandoned, etc.
- Section 29Power of Controller to correct clerical errors
- Section 30Entry of assignment and transmissions in registers
- Section 31Rectification of register
Chapter VII - Powers and Duties of Controller
Chapter VIII - Evidence, Etc.
Chapter IX - Agency
Chapter X - Powers, Etc., of Central Government
- Section 44Reciprocal arrangement with the United Kingdom and other convention countries or group of countries of inter-governmental organisations
- Section 45Report of the Controller to be placed before Parliament
- Section 46Protection of security of India
- Section 47Power of Central Government to make rules
Chapter XI - Repeal and Saving
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