Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999
46. Forfeiture of
goods.-
1. Where
a person is convicted of an offence under section 39 or section 40 or section
41 or is acquitted of an offence under section 39 or section 40 on proof that
he acted without intend or defraud, or under section 40 on pro f of the matters
specified in clause (a) or clause (b) or clause (c) of that section, the court
convicting or acquitting him may direct the forfeiture to Government of all
goods and things by means of, or in relation to, which the offence has been
committed, or but for such proof as aforesaid would have been committed.
2. When
forfeiture is directed on a conviction and an appeal lies against the
conviction, an appeal shall lie against the forfeiture also.
3. When,
a forfeiture is directed on acquittal and the goods or things to which the
direction relates are of value exceeding fifty rupees, an appeal against the
forfeiture may be preferred, within thirty days from the date of the direction,
to the court to which in appealable cases appeal lie from sentences of the court
which directed the forfeiture.
4. When
forfeiture is directed on a conviction, the court, before whom the person is
convicted, may order any forfeited articles to be destroyed or otherwise
disposed of as the court thinks fit.