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 65: Suit for infringement, etc.
    (1) No suit--
         (a) for the infringement of a variety registered under this Act; or
         (b) relating to any right in a variety registered under this Act,
     shall be instituted in any court inferior to a District Court having jurisdiction to try the suit.
     (2) For the purposes of clauses (a) and (b) of sub-section (1), District Court having jurisdiction shall mean the District Court within the local limit of whose jurisdiction the cause of action arises.
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