Collection of Laws for Electronic Access YH MAURITIUS PART IV - SPECIAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING MARKS, EXCEPTIONS 18. Misleading marks 19. Marks conflicting with a geographical indication for wines and spirits 20. Exceptions regarding prior use PART V - REGULATIONS 21. Regulations PART VI - COMMENCEMENT 22. Commencement An Act to provide for the protection of geographical indications and related matters. ENACTED by the Parliament of Mauritius, as follows— Part I Preliminary Short Title 1. This Act may be cited as the Geographical Indications Act 2002. Interpretation 2. In this Act— “Controller” means the Controller of the Industrial Property appointed under section 3 of the Patents, Industrial Designs and Trademarks Act 2002; “geographical indication” means an indication which identifies a product as originating in the territory of a country, or a region or locality in that territory, where a given quality, reputation or other characteristic of the product is essentially attributable to its geographical origin; “legal practitioner” has the same meaning as in the Law Practitioners Act; “Minister” means the Minister to whom the responsibility for the subject of international trade is assigned; “Paris Convention” means the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property of 1883; “producer” means— MU001EN Geographical Indications, Act, 08/08/2002, No. 23 page 2/9