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 30: Researcher’s rights.
    Nothing contained in this Act shall prevent--
         (a) the use of any variety registered under this Act by any person using such variety for conducting experiment or research; or
         (b) the use of a variety by any person as an initial source of variety for the purpose of creating other varieties:
     Provided that the authorisation of the breeder of a registered variety is required where the repeated use of such variety as a parental line is necessary for commercial production of such other newly developed variety.
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