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Section 23: Amendment of Act 53 of 2001
In the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Act, 2001,—
- (a) in section 2,—
- (i) clauses (d), (n) and (o) shall be omitted;
- (ii) for clause (q), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:— ‘(q) “prescribed” means,—
- (i) in relation to proceedings before a High Court, prescribed by rules made by the High Court; and
- (ii) in other cases, prescribed by rules made under this Act;’;
- (iii) clauses (y) and (z) shall be omitted;
- (b) in section 44, the words “or the Tribunal” shall be omitted;
- (c) in Chapter VIII, for the Chapter heading, the Chapter heading “APPEALS” shall be substituted;
- (d) sections 54 and 55 shall be omitted;
- (e) in section 56,—
- (i) for the word “Tribunal”, wherever it occurs, the words “High Court” shall be substituted;
- (ii) sub-section (3) shall be omitted;
- (f) in section 57,—
- (i) for the word “Tribunal”, wherever it occurs, the words “High Court” shall be substituted;
- (ii) sub-section (5) shall be omitted;
- (g) sections 58 and 59 shall be omitted;
- (h) in section 89, the words “or the Tribunal” shall be omitted.
Source: official text of The Tribunals Reforms Act, 2021 as published on India Code (PDF). All sections of the Tribunals Reforms Act, 2021.