Section 50
Duration of compulsory licence.
The Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers Rights Act, 2001
About this Act
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.
The Authority shall determine the duration of the compulsory
licences granted under this Chapter and such duration may vary from case to case keeping in view the
gestation periods and other relevant factors but in any case it shall not exceed the total remaining period of the protection of that variety and when a compulsory licence is granted the prescribed authority shall,
in the prescribed manner make available to the licensee of such compulsory licence, the reproductive
material of the variety relating to such compulsory licence stored in the National Gene Bank or any other
centre.