20. Power of Registered Proprietor to assign and give receipts.—The person for the time being
included in the register as proprietor of a layout-design shall, subject to the provisions of this Act and to
any right appearing from the register to be vested in any other person, have power to assign the layoutdesign, and to give effectual receipts for any consideration for such assignment.
21. Assignability and transmissibility of registered layout-design.—Notwithstanding anything in
any other law to the contrary, a registered layout-design shall, subject to the provisions of this Chapter, be
assignable and transmissible whether with or without the goodwill of the business concerned.
22. Conditions for assignment otherwise than in connection with the goodwill of a business.—
Where an assignment of a registered layout-design is made otherwise than in connection with the
goodwill of business in which such layout-design has been or is used, the assignment shall not take effect
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unless the assignee, not later than the expiration of six months from the date on which the assignment is
made or within such extended period, if any, not exceeding three months in the aggregate, as the Registrar
may allow, apply to the Registrar for directions with respect to the advertisement of the assignment, and
advertises it in such form and manner and within such period as the Registrar may direct.
23. Registration of assignments and transmissions.—(1) Where a person becomes entitled by
assignment or transmission to a registered layout-design, he shall apply in the prescribed manner to the
Registrar to register his title, and the Registrar shall, on receipt of the application and on proof of his title
to his satisfaction, register him as the proprietor of the layout-design and shall cause particulars of the
assignment or transmission to be entered on the register:
Provided that where the validity of an assignment of transmission is in dispute between the parties,
the Registrar may refuse to register the assignment or transmission until the rights of the party have been
determined by a competent court.
(2) Except for the purpose of an application before the Registrar under sub-section (1) or an appeal
from an order thereon, or an application under section 30 or an appeal from an order thereon, a document
or instrument in respect of which no entry has been made in the register in accordance with sub-section
(1), shall not be admitted in evidence by the Registrar or the Appellate Board or any court in proof of title
to the layout-design by assignment or transmission unless the Registrar or the Appellate Board or the
court, as the case may be, otherwise directs.