Definitions . — In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— — THE SEEDS ACT, 1966

2 . Definitions . — In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (1) " agriculture " includes horticulture; (2) " Central Seed Laboratory " means the Central Seed Laboratory established or declared as such under sub -section (1) of section 4; (3) " certification agency " means the certification agency established under section 8 or recognised under section 18; (4) " Committee " means the Central Seed Committee constituted under sub -section (1) of section 3; (5) " container " means a box, bottle, gasket, tin, barrel, case, receptacle, sack, bag, wrapper or other thing in which any article or thing is placed or packed; (6) " export " means taking out of India to a place outside India; (7) " import " means bringing into India from a place outside India; (8) " kind " means one or more related species or sub-species of crop plants each individually or collectively known by one common name such as cabbage, maize, paddy and wheat; (9) " notified kind or variety " , in relation to any seed, means any kind or variety thereof notified under section 5; (10) " prescribed " means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (11) " seed " means any of the following classes of seeds used for sowing or planting— (i) seed of food crops including edible oil seeds and seeds of fruits and vegetables; (ii) cotton seeds; (iii) seeds of cattle fodder;

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