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design by registered letter to take legal action for civil or penal remedies for infringement of rights conferred by section 25 on the registered owner. (2) Unless otherwise provided for in the license a registered licensee, may if the registered owner refuses or neglects to take the requisite legal action within three months from such request, either claim damages from the registered owner if it is proved to the Court that the rights conferred by section 25 have been infringed or after warning the registered owner, take such action on his behalf and without prejudice to the rights of the registered owner to intervene in those proceedings. The licensee shall be responsible to the registered owner to intervene in those proceedings. The licensee shall be responsible to the registered owner for any damage that may be incurred by him as a consequence of the unauthorized action of the license. 41. (1) The Courts shall have jurisdiction to hear disputes arising out of the application of this Act, and in particular appeals against the decisions of the Industrial Designs Office, the right to legal protection, the determination of payment to designer employees, licenses and the avoidance of registrations and the infringement of rights in industrial designs. (2) The competent Court shall be the Court of the domicile of the defendant but if he resides abroad the competent Court shall be the Court in the Jurisdiction of which the Industrial Designs Office is situate. (3) Decisions of the Court shall be subject to appeal and cassation according to the Civil Procedure Act, 1974. 42. In case of the commission of an offence under this Act by any corporate body, any person who is a manager, general manager, or secretary or like official is a corporate body or is acting as such at the time of the commission of the offence, shall be deemed to commit it unless proved that the commission of the offence was without his consent of connivance and that he had taken the necessary measures to prevent it taking into consideration the nature of his work and the surrounding circumstances. 43. The Ministry may make rules for the implementation of the provisions of this Act, and without prejudice to the generality of this power those rules may provide for the matters referred to in section 4, 15, 17, 21 (1), 22 (5), 27 (3), and 29 (3).

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