Category: Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
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Crimes under this category
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₹500000
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The Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers Rights Act, 2001
Enactment Date: 30-10-2001
Act Year: 2001
Ministry: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
Department: Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare
Enforcement Date: 11-11-2005
Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
Short Title
The Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers Rights Act, 2001
Long Title
An Act to provide for the establishment of an effective system for protection of plant varieties, the rights of farmers and plant breeders and to encourage the development of new varieties of plants.
Basic Details
Enactment Date: 30-10-2001
Act Year: 2001
Ministry: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
Department: Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare
Enforcement Date : 11-11-2005
Section 72.
Crime: Falsely representing an unregistered plant variety, its propagating material, or an essentially derived variety as being a registered variety under the Act.
Section 71
Crime: Selling or exposing for sale any variety to which false denomination is applied.
Section 71
Crime: Possessing for sale or for any purpose of trade or production, any variety to which false denomination is applied.
Section 71
Crime: Selling or exposing for sale any variety to which a false indication of the country or place in which such variety was made or produced or the name and address of the breeder of such variety registered under this Act has made.
Section 71
Crime: Possessing for sale or for any purpose of trade or production, any variety to which a false indication of the country or place in which such variety was made or produced or the name and address of the breeder of such variety registered under this Act has made.
Section 70(1)(b)
Crime: Indicating the false name of a country or place or false name and address of the breeder of a registered variety in the course of trading such variety.
Section 70(1)(a) r/w Section 69(1)(b)
Crime: Applying any false denomination by using any package bearing a denomination which is identical or deceptively similar to the denomination of a registered variety, for packing, filling or wrapping any variety other than such registered variety, without the assent of the breeder.
Section 70(1)(a) r/w Section 69(1)(a)
Crime: Applying any false denomination to a variety by using a deceptively similar denomination to any variety or any package containing such variety, without the assent of the breeder.
Section 70(1)(a) r/w Section 69(1)(a)
Crime: Applying any false denomination to a variety by using the denomination of a registered variety, without the assent of the breeder.
The Seeds Act, 1966
Enactment Date: 29-12-1966
Act Year: 1966
Ministry: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
Department: Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare
Enforcement Date: 02-09-1968
Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
Short Title
The Seeds Act, 1966
Long Title
An Act to provide for regulating the quality of certain seeds for sale, and for matters connected therewith.
Basic Details
Enactment Date: 29-12-1966
Act Year: 1966
Ministry: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
Department: Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare
Enforcement Date : 02-09-1968
Section 19(c)
Crime: Preventing a Seed Inspector from exercising any other power conferred under this Act.
Section 19(b)
Crime: Preventing a Seed Inspector from taking sample under this Act.
Section 19(a)
Crime: Contravening any provision or rules under this Act.