Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout Design Act,2000
Act No : 37
Section :
Definitions.
2. Definitions.-In this Act, unles the context otherwise requires,- (a) ''Appellate Board'' means the Appellate Board established under section 32; (b) ''assignment'' means an assignment in writing by act of the parties concerned; (c) ''Bench'' means a Bench of the Appellate Board; (d) ''Chairperson'' means the Chairperson of the Appellate Board; (e) ''commercial exploitation'', in relation to Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design, means to sell, lease, offer or exhibit for sale or otherwise distribute such semiconductor integrated circuit for any commercial purpose; (f) ''convention country'' means a country notified as such under section 93; (g) ''Judicial Member'' means a Member of the Appellate Board appointed as such under this Act, and includes the Chairperson or such Vice-Chairperson who possesses any of the qualifications specified in sub-section (3) of section 34; (h) ''layout-design'' means a layout of transistors and other circuitry elements and includes lead wires connecting such elements and expressed in any manner in a semiconductor integrated circuit; (i) ''Member'' means a Judicial Member or a Technical Member of the Appellate Board and includes the Chairperson and the Vice-Chairperson; (j) ''notify" means to notify in the Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Journal published by the Registrar; (k) ''prescribed'' means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (l) ''register'' means the Register of Layout-Designs referred to in section 6; (m) ''registered'' (with its grammatical variations) means registered under this Act; (n) ''registered layout-design" means a layout-design which is actually on the register; (o) ''registered proprietor'', in relation to a layout-design, means the person for the time being entered in the register as proprietor of the layout-design; (p) ''registered user'' means a person who is for the time being registered as such under section 25; (q) ''Registrar'' means the Registrar of Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design referred to in section 3; (r) ''semiconductor integrated circuit'' means a product having transistors and other circuitry elements which are inseparably formed on a semiconductor material or an insulating material or inside the semiconductor material and designed to perform an el ctronic circuitry function; (s) ''Technical Member'' means a Member of the Appellate Board who is not a Judicial Member and includes the Chairperson or such Vice-Chairperson who possesses any of the qualifications specified in sub-section (4) of section 34; (t) ''transmission'' means transmission by operation of law, devolution on the personal representation of a deceased person or any other mode of transfer not being assignment; (u) ''Vice-Chairperson'' means the Vice-Chairperson of the Appellate Board; (v) any reference to the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Registry shall be construed as including a reference to any office of the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Registry.
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