Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act : Costs of defence of prosecution.

Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act,1999

Act No : 48

Section : Costs of defence of prosecution.

51. Costs of defence of prosecution.-In any prosecution under this Act, the court may order such costs to be paid by the accused to the complainant, or by the complainant to the accused, as the court deemed reasonable having regard to all the circumstanc s of the case and the conduct of the parties and the costs so awarded shall be recoverable as if they were a fine.