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PRELIMINARY
RULE 3. PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS IN INDIA.

"Principal place of business in India" means -

i) where a person carries on business in the goods concerned bearing a geographical indication

a) if the business is carried on in India at only one place, that place;

b)if the business is carried on in India at more places than one, the place mentioned by him as the principal place of business in India;

ii) where a person is not carrying on a business of the goods concerned bearing a geographical indication -

a) if he is carrying on any other business in India at only one place, that place;

b) if he is carrying on any other business in India at more places than one, the place mentioned by him as the principal place of business in India; and

iii) where a person does not carry on any business in India but has a place of residence in India, then such place of residence in India.