Section 72
Penalty for falsely representing a variety as registered.
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.
Whoever makes any representation
with respect to the denomination of a variety or its propagating material or essentially derived variety or
its propagating material not being variety or its propagating material or essentially derived variety or its
propagating material registered under this Act, to the effect that it is a variety or its propagating material
or essentially derived variety or its propagating material registered under this Act or otherwise represents
any variety, or its propagating material, or essentially derived variety or its propagating material not
registered under this Act to the effect that it is registered under this Act shall be punishable with
imprisonment for a term, which shall not be less than six months but which may extend to three years, or
with fine which shall not be less than one lakh rupees but which may extend to five lakh rupees, or with
both.