Section 2. Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—

• (a) “Appellate Board” means the Appellate Board established under section 32;
• (b) “assignment” means an assignment in writing by act of the parties concerned;
• (c) “Bench” means a Bench of the Appellate Board;
• (d) “Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Appellate Board;
• (e) “commercial exploitation”, in relation to Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design, means to sell, lease, offer or exhibit for sale or otherwise distribute such semiconductor integrated circuit for any commercial purpose;
• (f) “convention country” means a country notified as such under section 93;
• (g) “Judicial Member” means a Member of the Appellate Board appointed as such under this Act, and includes the Chairperson or such Vice-Chairperson who possesses any of the qualifications specified in sub-section (3) of section 34;
• (h) “layout-design” means a layout of transistors and other circuitry elements and includes lead wires connecting such elements and expressed in any manner in a semiconductor integrated circuit;
• (i) “Member” means a Judicial Member or a Technical Member of the Appellate Board and includes the Chairperson and the Vice-Chairperson;
• (j) “notify” means to notify in the Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Journal published by the Registrar;
• (k) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
• (l) “register” means the Register of Layout-Designs referred to in section 6;
• (m) “registered” (with its grammatical variations) means registered under this Act;
• (n) “registered layout-design” means a layout-design which is actually on the register;
• (o) “registered proprietor”, in relation to a layout-design, means the person for the time being entered in the register as proprietor of the layout-design;
• (p) “registered user” means a person who is for the time being registered as such under section 25;
• (q) “Registrar” means the Registrar of Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design referred to in section 3;
• (r) “semiconductor integrated circuit” means a product having transistors and other circuitry elements which are inseparably formed on a semiconductor material or an insulating material or inside the semiconductor material and designed to perform an electronic circuitry function;
• (s) “Technical Member” means a Member of the Appellate Board who is not a Judicial Member and includes the Chairperson or such Vice-Chairperson who possesses any of the qualifications specified in sub-section (4) of section 34;
• (t) “transmission” means transmission by operation of law, devolution on the personal representation of a deceased person or any other mode of transfer not being assignment;
• (u) “Vice-Chairperson” means the Vice-Chairperson of the Appellate Board;
• (v) any reference to the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Registry shall be construed as including a reference to any office of the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Registry.