law: Trade Marks Act, 1999  
  139. Power to require goods to show indication
  
  of origin .- 
  (1) The Central Government may, by
  
  notification in the Official Gazette, require that goods of any class specified
  
  in the notification which are made or produced beyond the limits of India and
  
  imported into India, or which are made on produced within the limits of India
  
  and imported into India, or, which are made on produced within the limits of
  
  India, shall, from such date as may be appointed by the notification not being
  
  less than three months from its issue, have applied to them an indication of
  
  the country or place in which they were made or produced, or of the name and
  
  address of the manufacturer of the person for whom the goods were manufactured.
  
  
  (2) The notification may specify the manner in
  
  which such indication shall be applied that is to say, whether to goods
  
  themselves or in any other manner, and the times or occasions on which the
  
  presence of the indication shall be necessary, that is to say, whether on
  
  importation only, or also at the time of sale, whether by wholesale or retail
  
  or both.
  (3) No notification under this section shall
  
  be issued, unless application is made for its issue by persons or associations
  
  substantially representing the interests of dealers in, or manufacturers,
  
  producers, or users of, the goods concerned, or unless the Central Government
  
  is otherwise convinced that it is necessary in the public interest to issue the
  
  notification, with or without such inquiry, as the Central Government may
  
  consider necessary.
  (4) The provisions of section 23 of the
  
  General Clause Act, 1870 (10 of 1897) shall apply to the issue of a
  
  notification under this section as they apply to the making of a rule or
  
  bye-law the making which is subject to the conditions of previous publication.
  (5) A notification under this section shall
  
  not apply to goods made or produced beyond the limits of India and imported
  
  into India, if in respect of those goods, the Commissioner of Customs is
  
  satisfied at the time of importation that they are intended for exportation
  
  whether after transshipment in or transit through India or otherwise.