The Designs Act, 2000 – All Sections

An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to protection of designs.

The Designs Act, 2000 has 48 sections in 11 chapters. Each link below opens the official text of that section. Official PDF on India Code.

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All sections of the Designs Act, 2000

Chapter I: PRELIMINARY

Section 1 – Short title, extent and commencement
Section 2 – Definitions

Chapter II: REGISTRATION OF DESIGNS

Section 3 – Controller and other officers
Section 4 – Prohibition of registration of certain designs
Section 5 – Application for registration of designs
Section 6 – Registration to be in respect of particular article
Section 7 – Publication of particulars of registered designs
Section 8 – Power of Controller to make orders regarding substitution of application, etc
Section 9 – Certificate of registration
Section 10 – Register of designs

Chapter III: COPYRIGHT IN REGISTERED DESIGNS

Section 11 – Copyright on registration
Section 12 – Restoration of lapsed designs
Section 13 – Procedure for disposal of applications for restoration of lapsed designs
Section 14 – Rights of proprietor of lapsed design which have been restored
Section 15 – Requirements before delivery on sales
Section 16 – Effect of disclosure on copyright
Section 17 – Inspection of registered designs
Section 18 – Information as to existence of copyright
Section 19 – Cancellation of registration
Section 20 – Designs to bind Government

Chapter IV: INDUSTRIAL AND INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS

Section 21 – Provisions as to exhibitions

Chapter V: LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

Section 22 – Piracy of registered design
Section 23 – Application of certain provisions of the Act as to patents to designs

Chapter VI: CHAPTER VI

Section 24 – Fees
Section 25 – Notice of trust not to be entered in registers
Section 26 – Inspection of and extracts from registers
Section 27 – Privilege of reports of Controller
Section 28 – Prohibition and publication of specification, drawings, etc., where application abandoned, etc
Section 29 – Power of Controller to correct clerical errors
Section 30 – Entry of assignment and transmissions in registers
Section 31 – Rectification of register

Chapter VII: POWERS AND DUTIES OF CONTROLLER

Section 32 – Powers of Controller in proceedings under Act
Section 33 – Exercise of discretionary power by Controller
Section 34 – Power of Controller to take directions of the Central Government
Section 35 – Refusal to register a design in certain cases
Section 36 – Appeals to the High Court

Chapter VIII: EVIDENCE, ETC.

Section 37 – Evidence before the Controller
Section 38 – Certificate of Controller to be evidence
Section 39 – Evidence of documents in patent office
Section 40 – Applications and notices by post
Section 41 – Declaration by infant, lunatic, etc
Section 42 – Avoidance of certain restrictive conditions

Chapter IX: AGENCY

Section 43 – Agency

Chapter X: POWERS, ETC., OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT

Section 44 – Reciprocal arrangement with the United Kingdom and other convention countries or group of countries of inter-governmental organisations
Section 45 – Report of the Controller to be placed before Parliament
Section 46 – Protection of security of India
Section 47 – Power of Central Government to make rules

Chapter XI: REPEAL AND SAVINGS

Section 48 – Repeal and savings