The Seeds Act `1966
An Act to provide for regulating the quality of certain seeds for sale, and for matters connected therewith.
List of Chapters & Sections
All sections
- 1Short title, extent and commencement
- 2Definitions
- 3Central Seed Committee
- 4Central Seed Laboratory and State Seed Laboratory
- 5Power to notify kinds or varieties of seeds
- 6Power to specify minimum limits of germination and purity, etc
- 7Regulation or sale of seeds of notified kinds or varieties
- 8Certification agency
- 8AThe Central Seed Certification Board
- 8BOther Committees
- 8CProceedings of Board or Committee not to be invalid by reason of any vacancy therein
- 8DProcedure for Board
- 8ESecretary and other officers
- 9Grant of certificate by certification agency
- 10Revocation of certificate
- 11Appeal
- 12Seed Analysts
- 13Seed Inspectors
- 14Powers of Seed Inspector
- 15Procedure to be followed by Seed Inspectors
- 16Report of Seed Analyst
- 17Restriction on export and import of seeds of notified kinds or varieties
- 18Recognition of seed certification agencies of foreign countries
- 19Penalty
- 20Forfeiture of property
- 21Offences by companies
- 22Protection of action taken in good faith
- 23Power to give directions
- 24Exemption
- 25Power to make rules