(1) This Act may be called the Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999.

(2) It extends to the whole of India.

(3) It shall come into force on such date ¹ as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint; and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act, and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision.

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Footnote:

1. 15th September, 2003, vide notification No. S.O. 1051(E), dated 15th September, 2003, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).