An Act to provide for regulating the quality of certain seeds for sale, and for matters connected therewith.
The Seeds Act, 1966 has 30 sections in 1 chapter, amended 1 times. Each link below opens the official text of that section. Official PDF on India Code.
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All sections of the Seeds Act, 1966
- Section 1 – Short title, extent and commencement
- Section 2 – Definitions
- Section 3 – Central Seed Committee
- Section 4 – Central Seed Laboratory and State Seed Laboratory
- Section 5 – Power to notify kinds or varieties of seeds
- Section 6 – Power to specify minimum limits of germination and purity, etc
- Section 7 – Regulation or sale of seeds of notified kinds or varieties
- Section 8 – Certification agency
- Section 8A – The Central Seed Certification Board
- Section 8B – Other Committees
- Section 8C – Proceedings of Board or Committee not to be invalid by reason of any vacancy therein
- Section 8D – Procedure for Board
- Section 8E – Secretary and other officers
- Section 9 – Grant of certificate by certification agency
- Section 10 – Revocation of certificate
- Section 11 – Appeal
- Section 12 – Seed Analysts
- Section 13 – Seed Inspectors
- Section 14 – Powers of Seed Inspector
- Section 15 – Procedure to be followed by Seed Inspectors
- Section 16 – Report of Seed Analyst
- Section 17 – Restriction on export and import of seeds of notified kinds or varieties
- Section 18 – Recognition of seed certification agencies of foreign countries
- Section 19 – Penalty
- Section 20 – Forfeiture of property
- Section 21 – Offences by companies
- Section 22 – Protection of action taken in good faith
- Section 23 – Power to give directions
- Section 24 – Exemption
- Section 25 – Power to make rules