before the trademarks registry by any person claiming to be the proprietor of a trademark, whether individual or
joint applicants, and can be made on the basis of either actual use or intention to use a trademark in future. Once
granted, a trademark registration is valid for 10 (ten) years unless cancelled, subsequent to which, it can be
renewed.

Further, pursuant to the notification of the Trademark (Amendment) Act, 2010 simultaneous protection of
trademark in India and other countries has been made available to owners of Indian and foreign trademarks. The
Trademark (Amendment) Act, 2010 also seeks to simplify the law relating to transfer of ownership of trademarks
by assignment or transmission and to conform Indian trademark law to international practice.

Legal Metrology Act, 2009 (“Legal Metrology Act”)

The Legal Metrology Act came into effect on April 1, 2011 and has replaced the Standards of Weights and
Measures Act, 1976 and the Standards of Weights and Measures (Enforcement) Act, 1985. The Legal Metrology
Act was enacted with the objectives to establish and enforce standards of weights and measures, regulate trade
and commerce in weights, measures and other goods which are sold or distributed by weight, measure or number
and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

The Legal Metrology Act provides that no person shall manufacture, repair or sell, or offer, expose or possess for
repair or sale, any weight or measure unless he holds a licence issued by the controller. The Legal Metrology Act
contains provisions for verification of prescribed weight or measure by Government approved test centre.
Qualifications are prescribed for legal metrology officers appointed by the Central Government or State
Government. It also provides for exemption regulations of weight or measure norms for goods manufactured
exclusively for export. Fee is levied under the Legal Metrology Act for various services. A director may be
nominated by a company who is responsible for complying with the provisions of the enactment. There is penalty
for offences and provision for compounding of offences under the Legal Metrology Act. Further, it provides for
appeal against the decision of various authorities and empowers the Government to make rules for enforcing the
provisions of the enactment.

Consumer Protection Act, 2019 (“COPRA, 2019”)

COPRA, 2019 came into force on August 9, 2019, replacing the Consumer Protection Act, 1986. It has been
enacted with an intent to protect the interests of consumers and to establish competent authorities in order to timely
and effectively administer and settle consumer disputes. COPRA, 2019 provides for establishment of a Central
Consumer Protection Authority to regulate, among other things, matters relating to violation of rights of
consumers, unfair trade practices and false or misleading advertisements which are prejudicial to the interests of
public and consumers. In order to address the consumer disputes’ redressal mechanism, it provides a mechanism
(three tire consumer redressal mechanism at national, state and district levels) for the consumers to file a complaint
against a trader or service provider. COPRA, 2019 provides for penalty for, among others, manufacturing for sale
or storing, selling or distributing or importing products containing adulterants and for publishing false or
misleading advertisements. The scope of the punitive restraint measures employed by the act include both —
monetary penalties for amounts as high as 5.00 million to imprisonment which may extend to life sentences, for
distinct offences under the act.

Labour Law Legislations

The various labour and employment related legislation that may apply to our operations, from the perspective of
protecting the workers’ rights and specifying registration, reporting and other compliances, and the requirements
that may apply to us as an employer would include:

(a) Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970;

(b) Employees’ Compensation Act, 1923;

(co) Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952;
(d) Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948;

(e) Equal Remuneration Act, 1976;

(f) Maternity Benefit Act, 1961;

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