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 6: Power to specify minimum limits of germination and purity, etc.
    The Central Government may, after consultation with the Committee and by notification in the Official Gazette, specify--
         (a) the minimum limits of germination and purity with respect to any seed of any notified kind or variety;
         (b) the mark or label to indicate that such seed conforms to the minimum limits of germination and purity specified under clause (a) and the particulars which such mark or label may contain.
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