LawgistThe Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers Rights Act
75Exemption of certain persons employed in ordinary course of business
Where a person accused of an offence under this Act proves that in the ordinary course of his employment, he has acted without any intention to commit the offence and having taken all reasonable precautions against committing the offence charged, he had, at the time of the commission of the alleged offence, no reason to suspect the genuineness of the act so charged as an offence and on demand made by or on behalf of the prosecutor, he gave all the information in his possession with respect to the persons on whose behalf the offence was committed, he shall be acquitted.
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Offences, penalties and procedure
- 68 Prohibition to apply denomination of a registered variety
- 69 Meaning of falsely applying denomination of a registered variety
- 70 Penalty for applying false denomination, etc
- 71 Penalty for selling varieties to which false denomination is applied, etc
- 72 Penalty for falsely representing a variety as registered
- 73 Penalty for subsequent offence
- 74 No offence in certain cases
- 75 Exemption of certain persons employed in ordinary course of business
- 76 Procedure where invalidity of registration is pleaded by the accused
- 77 Offences by companies
