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53/2001 - The Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers Rights Act, 2001 ▶

Act Number: 53

Act Name: The Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers Rights Act, 2001

Year: 2001

Enactment Date: 2001-10-30

Long Title: 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.

Ministry: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

Department: Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare

Section 14: Application for registration.

    Any person specified in section 16 may make an application to the Registrar for registration of any variety--
         (a) of such genera and species as specified under sub-section (2) of section 29; or
         (b) which is an extant variety; or
         (c) which is a farmers' variety.

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