Evidence in support of application by the applicant .-(1) Within two months or within such further period not exceeding one month thereafter in the aggregate as the Registrar may on request allow, on the receipt by the applicant of the copies of affidavits in support of opposition or of the intimation that the opponent does not desire to adduce any evidence in support of his opposition, the applicant shall leave with the Registrar such evidence by way of affidavit as he desires to adduce in support of his application and shall deliver to the opponent copies thereof or shall intimate to the Registrar and the opponent that he does not desire to adduce any evidence but intends to rely on the facts stated in the counter-statement and or on the evidence already left by him in connection with the application in question. In case the applicant relies on any evidence already left by him in connection with the application, he shall deliver to the opponent copies thereof

Application under convention arrangement .-(1) Where an application for registration of a geographical indications is filed by an applicant from a convention country under section 84, a certificate by the Registry or competent authority of the Geographical Indications Office of the convention country shall be included in the application for registration under sub-rule (3) or (4) of rule 23, as the case may be, and it shall include the particulars of the geographical indication, the country and the date or dates of filing of the first application in the convention country and such other particulars as may be required by the Registrar

Additional representations .-(1) Every application for the registration of a geographical indication shall, except as hereinafter provided, be made in triplicate and shall be accompanied by five additional representations of the geographical indication. The representations of the geographical indication on the application and each of its copies and the additional representations shall correspond exactly with one another. The additional representations shall in all cases be noted with the specification and class of goods for which registration is sought, the name and address of the applicant, together with the name and address of his agent, if any, the period of use, and such other particulars as required under sub-rule (1) to rule 32 by the Registrar and shall be signed by the applicant or his agent

Representations to be durable and satisfactory .-(1) All representations in respect of a geographical indication shall be of a durable nature, and each additional representations required to be filed with an application for registration shall be mounted on a sheet of strong paper of the size of approximately 33 centimetres by 20 centimetres leaving a margin of not less than 4 centimetres on the left hand part of the sheet

Transliteration and translation .-(1) Where a geographical indication contains a word or words in characters other than Devanagari or Roman, there shall be endorsed on the application form and the additional representation thereof, a sufficient transliteration and translation to the satisfaction of the Registrar of each of such words, and every such endorsement shall state the language to which the word belongs and shall be signed by the applicant or his agent failing which the Registrar shall be under no obligation to take any action on the application