Seeds Act, 1966

Bare Act · 1966

An Act to provide for regulating the quality of certain seeds for sale, and for matters connected therewith.

Act number: 54 of 1966
Enacted: 29 December 1966
Contents: 30 sections

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Section 1 – Short title, extent and commencement
Section 2 – Definitions
Section 3 – Central Seed Committee
Section 4 – Central Seed Laboratory and State Seed Laboratory
Section 5 – Power to notify kinds or varieties of seeds
Section 6 – Power to specify minimum limits of germination and purity, etc (preview)
Section 7 – Regulation or sale of seeds of notified kinds or varieties (preview)
Section 8 – Certification agency (preview)
Section 8A – The Central Seed Certification Board (preview)
Section 8B – Other Committees (preview)
Section 8C – Proceedings of Board or Committee not to be invalid by reason of any vacancy therein (preview)
Section 8D – Procedure for Board (preview)
Section 8E – Secretary and other officers (preview)
Section 9 – Grant of certificate by certification agency (preview)
Section 10 – Revocation of certificate (preview)
Section 11 – Appeal (preview)
Section 12 – Seed Analysts (preview)
Section 13 – Seed Inspectors (preview)
Section 14 – Powers of Seed Inspector (preview)
Section 15 – Procedure to be followed by Seed Inspectors (preview)
Section 16 – Report of Seed Analyst (preview)
Section 17 – Restriction on export and import of seeds of notified kinds or varieties (preview)
Section 18 – Recognition of seed certification agencies of foreign countries (preview)
Section 19 – Penalty (preview)
Section 20 – Forfeiture of property (preview)
Section 21 – Offences by companies (preview)
Section 22 – Protection of action taken in good faith (preview)
Section 23 – Power to give directions (preview)
Section 24 – Exemption (preview)
Section 25 – Power to make rules (preview)

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