Trade Marks Act, 1999
84. Composition of Appellate Board .-
(1) The Appellate Board shall consist of a
Chairman, Vice 砲hairman and such number of other Members, as the Central
Government may, deem fit and , subject to the other provision of this Act, the
jurisdiction, powers and authority of the Appellate Board may be exercised by
Benches thereof.
(2) Subject to the other provision of this
Act, a bench shall consist of one Judicial Member and one Technical Member and
shall sit at such place as the Central Government may, by notification in the
Official Gazette, specify.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in
sub-section (2), the Chairman -
(a) may, in addition
to discharging the functions of the Judicial Member or Technical Member of the
Bench to which he is appointed, discharge the functions of the Judicial Member
or, as the case may be, the Technical Member, of any other Bench.
(b) may transfer a
Member from one Bench to another Bench.
(c) may authorize the
Vice 砲hairman, the Judicial Member or the Technical Member appointed to one
Bench to discharge also the functions of the Judicial Member or the Technical
Member, as the case may be, of another Bench.
(4) Where any Benches are constituted, the
Central Government may, from time to time, by notification, make provisions as
to the distribution of the business of the Appellate Board amongst the Benches
and specify the matters which may be dealt with by each Bench.
(5) If any question arises as to whether any
matter falls within the purview of the business allocated to a Bench, the
decision of the Chairman shall be final.
Explanation.- For the removal of
doubts, it is hereby declared that the expression "matter" includes
an appeal under section 91.
(6) If the Members of a Bench differ in
opinion on any point, they shall state the point or points on which they
differ, and make a reference to the Chairman who shall either hear the points
himself or refer the case for hearing on such point or points by one or more of
the other Member and such point or points shall be decided according to the
opinion of the majority of the Members who have heard the case, including those
who first heard it.