law: Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act, 2000
  Chapter
  
  III Procedure for and Duration of Registration
  8.
  
     Application
  
  for registration.
  1.   Any person claiming
  
  to be the creator of a layout-design, who is desirous of registering it, shall
  
  apply in writing to the Registrar in the prescribed manner for the registration
  
  of his layout-design.
  2.   Every application
  
  under sub-section (1) shall be filed in the office of the Semiconductor
  
  Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Registry within whose territorial limits the
  
  principal place of business in India of the applicant or in the case of joint
  
  application the principal place of business in India of the applicant whose
  
  name is first mentioned in the application, as having a place of business in
  
  India, is situate:
  Provided that, where the applicant or any of the joint applicant does not carry on business
  
  in India, the application shall be filed in the office of the Semiconductor
  
  Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Registry within whose territorial limits the
  
  place mentioned in the address for service in India as disclosed in the
  
  application is situate.
  1.     
  2.     
  3.   Subject to the
  
  provisions of this Act, the Registrar may refuse the application or may accept
  
  it absolutely or subject to such amendments or modifications, as he may think
  
  fit.