law: Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act, 2000
  40.
  
     Application
  
  to the Appellate Board to determine royalty.
  1.   The registered
  
  proprietor of a registered layout-design may make an application to the
  
  Appellate Board for determination of royalty under sub-section (5) of
  
  section 18.
  2.   Every application
  
  under sub-section (1) shall be in such form and be accompanied by such
  
  affidavits, documents or any other evidence and by such fee in respect of the
  
  filing of such application and by such other fees for the service or execution
  
  of processes as may be prescribed.
  3.   On receipt of an
  
  application under sub-section (1) , the Appellate Board shall, after
  
  giving notice to the opposite party to file opposition within the prescribed
  
  time and manner and after giving opportunity of being heard to the applicant
  
  and the opposite party, dispose of the application.
  4.   An order or decision
  
  made by the Appellate Board in disposing of the application under sub-section (3)
  
   shall be executable by a civil court having local jurisdiction as if it
  
  were a decree made by that court.