law: Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act, 2000
  49.
  
     Appearance
  
  of Registrar in legal proceedings.
  1.   The Registrar shall
  
  have the right to appear and be heard-
  a.  
  
    in
  
  any legal proceedings before the Appellate Board in which the relief sought
  
  includes alteration or rectification of the register or in which any question
  
  relating to the practice of the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design
  
  Registry is raised;
  b.  
  
    in
  
  any appeal to the Board from an order of the Registrar on an application for
  
  registration of a layout-design-
   
  
   i.  
  
    which
  
  is not opposed, and the application is either refused by the Registrar or is
  
  accepted by him subject to any amendments or modifications, or
   
  
   ii.  
  
    which
  
  has been opposed and the Registrar considers that his appearance is necessary
  
  in the public interest, and the Registrar shall appear in any case if so
  
  directed by the Board.
  2.   Unless the Appellate
  
  Board otherwise directs, the Registrar may, in lieu of appearing, submit a
  
  statement in writing signed by him, giving such particulars as he thinks proper
  
  of the proceedings before him relating to the matter in issue or of the grounds
  
  of any decision given by him affecting it, or of the practice of the Semiconductor
  
  Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Registry in like cases, or of other matters
  
  relevant to the issues and within his knowledge as Registrar, and such
  
  statement shall be evidence in the proceeding.