s 51 Renewal of registration
51.—(1) Any person may apply for a renewal of the registration of a geographical indication in the prescribed manner and by paying the prescribed fee. (2) The Minister may make rules for the Registrar to inform the registrant of a registered geographical indication, before the expiry of the registration, of the date of expiry and the manner in which the registration may be renewed. (3) An application for renewal must be filed not earlier than the prescribed period before the date of expiry of the registration and not later than another prescribed period after that date.[Act 7 of 2022 wef 26/05/2022] (3A) Where the application for renewal is made within the second-mentioned prescribed period in subsection (3) after the date of expiry of the registration, the fees payable are the prescribed renewal fee and the prescribed post-expiration renewal fee.[Act 7 of 2022 wef 26/05/2022] (4) A renewal of the registration of a geographical indication takes effect from the expiry of the previous registration. (5) If the registration is not renewed in accordance with this section and the rules referred to in subsection (2), the Registrar must remove the geographical indication from the register.