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54/1966 - The Seeds Act, 1966 ▶

Act Number: 54

Act Name: The Seeds Act, 1966

Year: 1966

Enactment Date: 1966-12-29

Long Title: An Act to provide for regulating the quality of certain seeds for sale, and for matters connected therewith.

Ministry: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

Department: Department of Agricultural Research and Education

Section 1: Short title, extent and commencement.

    (1) This Act may be called the Seeds Act, 1966.
     (2) It extends to the whole of India.
     (3) It shall came into force on such date ¹as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act, and for different States or for different areas thereof.

Notes:

¹. 2nd September, 1968, vide notification No. S.O. 3122 , dated 29 th August, 19 68 , in respect of ss. 1 to 6, ss. 8 to 11, s. 18, ss. 22 to 25 see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).
1st October, 19 69, vide notification No. S.O. 4049, dated the 24th September , 19 69, in respect of ss. 7, 12 to 17 (both inclusive) and 19 to 21 (both inclusive), see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).

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