Malaysia legislation

Section 27

of GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS ACT 2022

Section 27

In any legal proceedings relating to a registered geographical indication—

(a)

the Register shall be prima facie evidence of anything contained in the Register;

(b)

the registration of any transfer made under section 26

shall be prima facie evidence of such transfer; and

(c)

the registration of a person as the registered proprietor of a geographical indication shall be prima facie evidence of—

(i)

the validity of the original registration of the geographical indication; and

(ii)

any subsequent transfer of registration of the geographical indication.

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