Section 83
Authority, Registrar and other officers not compellable to production of Register, etc.
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.
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Authority or the Registrar or any officer working under the Authority or the Registrar, as the case may be,
shall not, in any legal proceedings, be compelled to produce the Register or any other document in its or
his custody, the content of which can be proved by the production of a certified copy issued under this
Act in the prescribed manner or to appear as a witness to prove the matter therein recorded unless by
order of the court made for special cause.