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The Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act, 2001

Act ID: 2001

The Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act, 2001

"An Act to provide for the establishment of an effective system for protection of plant varieties, the rights of farmers and plant breeders."

Table of Contents

97 Sections

Ch. IP

reliminary

S.1Short title, extent and commencement S.2Definitions

Ch. IIP

rotection of plant varieties and farmers' right authority and registry

S.3Establishment of Authority S.4Meetings of Authority S.5Committees of Authority S.6Officers and other employees of Authority S.7Chairperson to be Chief Executive S.8General functions of Authority S.9Authentication of orders, etc., of Authority S.10Delegation S.11Power of Authority S.12Registry and offices thereof S.13National Register of Plant Varieties

Ch. IIIR

egistration of plant varieties and essentially derived variety

S.14Application for registration S.15Registerable varieties S.16Persons who may make application S.17Compulsory variety denomination S.18Form of application S.19Test to be conducted S.20Acceptance of application or amendment thereof S.21Advertisement of application S.22Registrar to consider grounds of opposition S.23Registration of essentially derived variety

Ch. IVDu

ration and effect of registration and benefit sharing

S.24Issue of certificate of registration S.25Publication of list of varieties S.26Determination of benefit sharing by Authority S.27Breeder to deposit seeds or propagating material S.28Registration to confer right S.29Exclusion of certain varieties S.30Researcher’s rights S.31Special provisions relating to application for registration from citizens of convention countries S.32Provisions as to reciprocity

Ch. VS

urrender and revocation of certificate and rectification and correction of register

S.33Surrender of certificate of registration S.34Revocation of protection on certain grounds S.35Payment of annual fee and forfeiture of registration in default thereof S.36Power to cancel or change registration and to rectify the Register S.37Correction of Register S.38Alteration of denomination of a registered variety

Ch. VIF

armers' rights

S.39Farmers’ right S.40Certain information to be given in application for registration S.41Rights of communities S.42Protection of innocent infringement S.43Authorisation of farmers’ variety S.44Exemption from fees S.45Gene Fund S.46Framing of schemes, etc

Ch. VIICo

mpulsory licence

S.47Power of Authority to make order for compulsory licence in certain circumstances S.48When requirement of public deemed to have not been satisfied S.49Adjournment of application for grant of compulsory licence S.50Duration of compulsory licence S.51Authority to settle terms and conditions of licence S.52Revocation of compulsory licence S.53Modification of compulsory licence

Ch. VIIIP

lant varieties protection appellate tribunal

S.54Tribunal S.55Composition of Tribunal S.56Appeals to the Tribunal S.57Orders of Tribunal S.58Procedure of Tribunal S.59Transitional provision

Ch. IXF

inance, accounts and audit

S.60Grants by Central Government S.61Authority Fund S.62Budget, accounts and audit S.63Financial and administrative powers of Chairperson

Ch. XIn

fringement, offences, penalties and procedure

S.64Infringement S.65Suit for infringement, etc S.66Relief in suit for infringement S.67Opinion of scientific adviser S.68Prohibition to apply the denomination of a registered variety S.69Meaning of falsely applying the denomination or a registered variety S.70Penalty for applying false denomination, etc S.71Penalty for selling varieties to which false denomination is applied, etc S.72Penalty for falsely representing a variety as registered S.73Penalty for subsequent offence S.74No offence in certain cases S.75Exemption of certain persons employed in ordinary course of business S.76Procedure where invalidity of registration is pleaded by the accused S.77Offences by companies

Ch. XIMis

cellaneous

S.78Protection of security of India S.79Implied warranty on sale of registered variety, etc S.80Death of party to a proceeding S.81Right of registered agent and the registered licensee to institute suit S.82Evidence of entry in register, etc., and things done by the Authority and the Registrar S.83Authority, Registrar and other officers not compellable to production of Register, etc S.84Document open to public inspection S.85Report of the Authority to be placed before Parliament S.86Government to be bound S.87Proceedings before Authority or Registrar S.88Protection of action taken in good faith S.89Bar of jurisdiction S.90Member and Staff of Authority, etc., to be public servants S.91Exemption from tax on wealth and income S.92Act to have overriding effect S.93Power of Central Government to give directions S.94Power to remove difficulties S.95Power to make regulations S.96Power of Central Government to make rules S.97Rules, regulations and schemes to be laid before Parliament