Section 73
Penalty for subsequent offence.
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, having already been convicted of an offence under
this Act is again convicted of such offence shall be punishable for the second and for every subsequent
offence with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than one year but which may extend to three
years, or with fine which shall not be less than two lakh rupees but which may extend to twenty lakh
rupees, or with both.