law: Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999
  16. Registration.-
  1.  Subject
  
  to the provisions of section 12, when an application for registration of a
  
  geographical indication has been accepted and either-
  a.   the application has
  
  not been opposed and the time for notice of opposition has expired; or
  b.   the application has
  
  been opposed and the opposition has been decided in favour of the applicant,
  
  the Registrar shall, unless the Central Government otherwise directs, register
  
  the said geographical indication and the authorised users, if any, mentioned in
  
  the application and the geographical indication and the authorised users when
  
  registered shall e registered as of the date of the making of the said
  
  application and that date shall, subject to the provisions of section 84, be
  
  deemed to be the date of registration.
  1.  
  2.  On
  
  the registration of a geographical indication, the Registrar shall issue each
  
  to the applicant and the authorised users, if registered with the geographical
  
  indication, a certificate in such form as may be prescribed of the registration
  
  thereof, sealed with the seal of the Geographical Indications Registry.
  3.  Where
  
  registration of a geographical indication is not completed within twelve months
  
  form the date of the application by reason of default on the part of the
  
  applicant, the Registrar may, after giving notice to the applicant in the
  
  prescribed manner treat the application as abandoned unless it is completed
  
  within the time specified in that behalf in the notice.
  4.    The
  
  Registrar may amend the register or a certificate of registration for the
  
  purpose of correcting a clerical error or an obvious mistake.