Designs Act, 1911
52. Provisions as to exhibitions
The exhibition of a design or of any article
to which a design is applied at an industrial or other exhibition to which the
provisions of this section have been extended by the Central Government by
notification in the Official Gazette or the publication of a description of the
design during the period of the holding of the exhibition or the exhibition of
the design or the article or the publication of a description of the design by
any person elsewhere during or after the period of the holding of the exhibition
without the privity or consent of the proprietor shall not prevent the design
from being registered or invalidate the registration thereof :
Provided that -
(a) the exhibitor exhibiting the design or
article or publishing a description of the design gives to the Controller
previous notice in the prescribed form; and
(b) the application for registration is made
within six months from the date of first exhibiting the design or article or
publishing a description of the design.