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submits or causes to be submitted any false information to the

Geographical Indications Office or makes a false entry in the Register;

submits or causes to be submitted any false information in any certified copy of a document to be deposited in the

Geographical Indications Office;

makes or causes to be made any false thing purporting to be a copy of an entry in the Register or to be filed with the Geographical Indications Office; or

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produces or tenders or causes to be produced or tendered in evidence any document or entry under paragraph (c), knowing or having reasons to believe that the entry, information or document is false commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to both.

Falsely representing geographical indication as registered