Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999
60. Powers of
Registrar.-
In all proceedings
under this Act before the Registrar,-
a.
the
Registrar shall have all the powers of a civil court for the purposes of
receiving evidence, administering oaths, enforcing the attendance of witnesses,
compelling the discovery and production of documents and issuing commissions
for the examination of witnesses;
b.
the
Registrar may, subject to any rules made in this behalf under section 87, make
such orders as to costs as he considers reasonable, and any such order shall be
executable as a decree of a civil court;
c.
the
Registrar may, on an application made in the prescribed manner, review his own
decision.