GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS ACT 2000ACT 602PreambleDate of Royal Assent 30 May 2000Date of publication in the Gazette 15 June 2000An Act to provide for the protection of geographical indications and for matters connected therewith.ENACTED by the Parliament of Malaysia as follows:PART IPRELIMINARY1. Short title and commencement.(1) This Act may be cited as the Geographical Indications Act 2000.(2) This Act shall come into operation on a date to be appointed by the Minister by notification in the Gazette.2. Interpretation.In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires -"competent authority" means any government or statutory body carrying out the functions of, on behalf of, or sanctioned by, the Government;"Court" means the High Court;geographical+indication'>"geographical indication" means an indication which identifies any goods as originating in a country or territory, or a region or locality in that country or territory, where a given quality, r...