Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act, 2000
49.
Appearance
of Registrar in legal proceedings.
1. The Registrar shall
have the right to appear and be heard-
a.
in
any legal proceedings before the Appellate Board in which the relief sought
includes alteration or rectification of the register or in which any question
relating to the practice of the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design
Registry is raised;
b.
in
any appeal to the Board from an order of the Registrar on an application for
registration of a layout-design-
i.
which
is not opposed, and the application is either refused by the Registrar or is
accepted by him subject to any amendments or modifications, or
ii.
which
has been opposed and the Registrar considers that his appearance is necessary
in the public interest, and the Registrar shall appear in any case if so
directed by the Board.
2. Unless the Appellate
Board otherwise directs, the Registrar may, in lieu of appearing, submit a
statement in writing signed by him, giving such particulars as he thinks proper
of the proceedings before him relating to the matter in issue or of the grounds
of any decision given by him affecting it, or of the practice of the Semiconductor
Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Registry in like cases, or of other matters
relevant to the issues and within his knowledge as Registrar, and such
statement shall be evidence in the proceeding.