Malaysia legislation

Section 32

of GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS ACT 2000

Section 32

Regulations

(2)

In particular and without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), regulations made under this section may provide for all or any of the following:

(a)

to regulate the procedure to be followed in connection with any proceedings or other matters before the Registrar or the Central Geographical Indications Office under this

Act including the service of documents;

(b)

to prescribe the fees to be paid in connection with any proceedings or other matters or in connection with the provision of any service by the Registrar or the Central

Geographical Indications office, and to prescribe the amount of such fees and to allow different fees in certain circumstances for certain prescribed cases;

(c)

to prescribe forms and other matters to be used under this

Act;

(d)

to regulate the keeping of the Register and to prescribe its form and contents; and to prescribe the conditions and fees for making any extracts of the Register;

(e)

to regulate the mode of giving evidence in any proceedings before the Registrar under this Act and to empower the

Registrar to compel the attendance of witnesses and the discovery and production of documents;

(f)

for doing anything required to be done in connection with any proceedings or other matters before the Registrar or the Central Geographical Indications Office;

(g)

to prescribe time limits;

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(ga) to prescribe the qualifications of agents and other matters relating to such qualifications;

(gb) to provide for the registration of agents; and

(h)

to regulate generally matters pertaining to the business of the registration of geographical indications carried on in the Central Geographical Indications Office whether or not specially prescribed under this Act.

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