law: Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act, 2000
  23.
  
     Registration
  
  of assignments and transmissions.
  1.   Where a person
  
  becomes entitled by assignment or transmission to a registered layout-design,
  
  he shall apply in the prescribed manner to the Registrar to register his title,
  
  and the Registrar shall, on receipt of the application and on proof of his
  
  title to his satisfaction, register him as the proprietor of the layout-design
  
  and shall cause particulars of the assignment or transmission to be entered on
  
  the register:
  Provided that where the validity of an assignment or transmission is in dispute between the
  
  parties, the Registrar may refuse to register the assignment or transmission
  
  until the rights of the party have been determined by a competent court.
  2.   Except for the
  
  purpose of an application before the Registrar under sub-section (1) or
  
  an appeal from an order thereon, or an application under section 30 or an
  
  appeal from an order thereon, a document or instrument in respect of which no
  
  entry has been made in the register in accordance with sub-section (1) ,
  
  shall not be admitted in evidence by the Registrar or the Appellate Board or
  
  any court in proof of title to the layout-design by assignment or transmission
  
  unless the Registrar or the Appellate Board or the court, as the case may be,
  
  otherwise directs.