law: Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999
  Chapter III:
  
  Procedure for and Duration of Registration
  11. Application for
  
  registration.-
  
  1.  Any
  
  association of persons or producers or any organisation or authority
  
  established by or under any law for the time being in force representing the
  
  interest of the producers of the concerned goods, who are desirous of
  
  registering a geographical indication in relation to such goods shall apply in
  
  writing to the Registrar in such form and in such manner and accompanied by
  
  such fees as may be prescribed for the registration of the geographical
  
  indication.
  2.  The
  
  application under sub-section (1) shall contain-
  a.   a statement as to how
  
  the geographical indication serves to designate the goods as originating from
  
  the concerned territory of the country or region or locality in the country, as
  
  the case may be, in respect of specific quality, reputation or other
  
  characteristics of which are due exclusively or essentially to the geographical
  
  environment, with its inherent natural and human factors, and the production,
  
  processing or preparation of which takes place in such territory, region or
  
  locality, as the case ay be;
  b.   the class of goods to
  
  which the geographical indication shall apply;
  c.   the geographical map
  
  of the territory of the country or region or locality in the country in which
  
  the goods originate or are being manufactured;
  d.   the particulars
  
  regarding the appearance of the geographical indication as to whether it is
  
  comprised of the words or figurative elements or both;
  e.   a statement
  
  containing such particulars of the producers of the concerned goods, if any,
  
  proposed to be initially registered with the registration of the geographical
  
  indication as may be prescribed; and (f) such other particulars as may be
  
  prescribed.
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  3.  A
  
  single application may be made for registration of a geographical indication
  
  for different classes of goods and fee payable therefore shall be in respect of
  
  each such class of goods.
  4.    Every
  
  application under sub-section (1) shall be filed in the office of the
  
  Geographical Indications Registry within whose territorial limits, the
  
  territory of the country or the region or locality in the country to which the
  
  geographical indication elates is situated:
  Provided that 
  
  where such territory, region or locality, as the case may be, is not situated
  
  in India, the application shall be filed in the office of the Geographical
  
  Indications Registry within whose territorial limits the place mentioned in the
  
  address for services in India as disclosed in the application, is situated.
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  5.  Every
  
  applications under sub-section (1) shall be examined by the Registrar in such
  
  manner as may be prescribed.
  6.  
  
    Subject
  
  to the provisions of this Act, the Registrar may refuse the application or may
  
  accept it absolutely or subject to such amendments, modification, conditions or
  
  limitations, if any, as he thinks fit.
  7.  
  
    In
  
  the case of refusal or conditional acceptance of application, the Registrar
  
  shall record in writing the grounds for such refusal or conditional acceptance
  
  and the materials used by him in arriving at his decision.