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Section 21: Amendment of Act 47 of 1999
In the Trade Marks Act, 1999,—
- (a) in section 2, in sub-section (1),—
- (i) clauses (a), (d), (f), (k), (n), (ze) and (zf) shall be omitted;
- (ii) for clause (s), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:— ‘(s) “prescribed means”,—
- (i) in relation to proceedings before a High Court, prescribed by rules made by the High Court; and
- (ii) in other cases, prescribed by rules made under this Act;’;
- (b) in section 10, for the word “tribunal”, the words “Registrar or the High Court, as the case may be”, shall be substituted;
- (c) in section 26, for the word “tribunal”, the words “Registrar or the High Court, as the case may be”, shall be substituted;
- (d) in section 46, in sub-section (3), for the word “tribunal”, the words “Registrar or the High Court, as the case may be”, shall be substituted;
- (e) in section 47,—
- (i) for the words “Appellate Board”, at both the places where they occur, the words “High Court” shall be substituted;
- (ii) for the word “tribunal”, wherever it occurs, the words “Registrar or the High Court, as the case may be”, shall be substituted;
- (f) in section 55, in sub-section (1), for the word “tribunal”, the words “Registrar or the High Court, as the case may be”, shall be substituted;
- (g) in section 57,—
- (i) for the words “Appellate Board”, wherever they occur, the words “High Court” shall be substituted;
- (ii) for the word “tribunal”, wherever it occurs, the words “Registrar or the High Court, as the case may be”, shall be substituted;
- (h) in section 71, in sub-section (3), for the word “tribunal”, the words “Registrar or the High Court, as the case may be”, shall be substituted;
- (i) in Chapter XI, for the Chapter heading, the Chapter heading “APPEALS” shall be substituted;
- (j) sections 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 89A and 90 shall be omitted;
- (k) in section 91, for the words “Appellate Board”, wherever they occur, the words “High Court” shall be substituted;
- (l) sections 92 and 93 shall be omitted;
- (m) for section 94, the following section shall be substituted, namely:— “94. Bar to appear before Registrar.— On ceasing to hold the office, the erstwhile Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson or other Members shall not appear before the Registrar.”;
- (n) sections 95 and 96 shall be omitted;
- (o) in section 97, for the words “Appellate Board”, wherever they occur, the words “High Court” shall be substituted;
- (p) in section 98, for the words “Appellate Board” or “Board”, wherever they occur, the words “High Court” shall be substituted;
- (q) sections 99 and 100 shall be omitted;
- (r) in section 113,—
- (i) for the words “Appellate Board”, at both the places where they occur, the words “High Court” shall be substituted;
- (ii) for the word “tribunal”, the words “Registrar or the High Court, as the case may be”, shall be substituted;
- (s) in section 123, the words “and every Member of the Appellate Board” shall be omitted;
- (t) in sections 124 and 125, for the words “Appellate Board”, wherever they occur, the words “High Court” shall be substituted;
- (u) in section 130, the words “the Appellate Board or” shall be omitted;
- (v) in section 141, for the words “Appellate Board”, at both the places where they occur, the words “High Court” shall be substituted;
- (w) in section 144, for the word “tribunal”, the words “Registrar or the High Court, as the case may be”, shall be substituted;
- (x) in section 157, in sub-section (2),—
- (i) clauses (xxxi) and (xxxii) shall be omitted;
- (ii) in clause (xxxiii), for the words “Appellate Board”, the words “High Court” shall be substituted.
Source: official text of The Tribunals Reforms Act, 2021 as published on India Code (PDF). All sections of the Tribunals Reforms Act, 2021.