LawgistThe Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers Rights Act
87Proceedings before Authority or Registrar
All proceedings before the Authority or the Registrar, as the case may be, relating to registration of variety or essentially derived variety, registration of agent, registration of licence or registration of compulsory licensing under this Act shall be deemed to be judicial proceedings within the meaning of sections 193 and 228, and for the purpose of section 196 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) and the Authority or the Registrar, as the case may be, shall be deemed to be a civil court for the purposes of section 195 and Chapter XXVI of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974).
Download our fully-offline, High speed android app.- Click here
MISCELLANEOUS
- 78 Protection of security of India
- 79 Implied warranty on sale of registered variety, etc
- 80 Death of party to a proceeding
- 81 Right of registered agent and the registered licensee to institute suit
- 82 Evidence of entry in Register, etc., and things done by the Authority and the Registrar
- 83 Authority, Registrar and other officers not compellable to production of Register, etc
- 84 Document open to public inspection
- 85 Report of Authority to be placed before Parliament
- 86 Government to be bound
- 87 Proceedings before Authority or Registrar
- 88 Protection of action taken in good faith
- 89 Bar of jurisdiction
- 90 Members and staff of Authority, etc., to be public servants
- 91 Exemption from tax on wealth and income
- 92 Act to have overriding effect
- 93 Power of Central Government to give directions
- 94 Power to remove difficulties
- 95 Power to make regulations
- 96 Power of Central Government to make rules
- 97 Rules, regulations and schemes to be laid before Parliament
