law: Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999
  38. Falsifying and
  
  falsely applying geographical indications.-
  1.  A
  
  person shall be deemed to falsify a geographical indication who, either,-
  a.   without the assent of
  
  the authorised user of the geographical indication makes that geographical
  
  indication or deceptively similar geographical indication; or
  b.   falsifies any genuine
  
  geographical indication, whether by alteration, addition, effacement or
  
  otherwise.
  1.  
  2.  A
  
  person shall be deemed to falsely apply to goods a geographical indication who,
  
  without the assent of the authorised user of the geographical indication,-
  a.   applies such
  
  geographical indication or a deceptively similar geographical indication to
  
  goods or any package containing goods;
  b.   uses any package
  
  bearing a geographical indication which is identical with or deceptively
  
  similar to the geographical indication of such authorised user, for the purpose
  
  of packing, filling or wrapping therein any goods other than the genuine goods
  
  o the authorised user of the geographical indication.
  1.  
  2.  
  3.  Any
  
  geographical indication falsified as mentioned in sub-section (1) or falsely
  
  applied as mentioned in sub-section (2), is in this Act referred to as a false
  
  geographical indication.
  4.    In
  
  any prosecution for falsifying a geographical indication or falsely applying a
  
  geographical indication to goods, the burden of proving the assent of
  
  proprietor shall lie on the accused.