Act 8
Geographical Indications Act
2013
6. Registrar of Geographical Indications and other officers.
(1) The Registrar General appointed under the Uganda
Registration Services Bureau Act, Cap. 210 shall be the registrar of
geographical indications for the purpose of this Act.
(2) The Board of Directors of the Uganda Registration Services
Bureau shall appoint such number of officers as may be necessary for
the efficient discharge of the duties and functions of the registrar of
geographical indications under this Act.
(3) The officers appointed under subsection (2) shall perform
such duties and functions and exercise such powers as the registrar
may lawfully perform or exercise under this Act.
(4) The registrar may delegate to any officer appointed under
subsection (2) the exercise or performance of any of the functions or
duties conferred to him or her under this Act.
(5) The registrar shall have a seal which he or she shall affix to
all certificates issued by him or her and all such other documents that
he may deem fit to seal under this Act.
(6) When the seal is lawfully affixed to a document and the same
is duly authenticated by the registrar, it shall be judicially and
officially noticed.
7.
Register of geographical indications.
(1) The registrar shall establish and maintain a register of
geographical indications and shall receive applications for registration.
(2) A geographical indication shall be entered on the register
where—
(a) the indication identifies the goods to which the indication
pertains and identifies the goods as originating in a
particular country, region or locality;
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