THE SEEDS RULES 1968 — THE SEEDS ACT, 1966

THE SEEDS RULES 1968 PART I - Preliminary Short title. – These rules may be called the Seeds Rules, 1968. Definitions. – In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) “Act” means the Seeds Act, 1966 (54 of 1966); (b) "advertisement" means all representations other than those on the label, disseminated in any manner or by any means relating to seed for the purposes of the Act; (c) "certification sample" means a sample of seed drawn by a certification agency or by a duly authorised representative of a certification agency established under section 8 or recognized under section 18 of the Act; (d) "certification tag" means a tag or label of certain design to be specified by the certification agency and shall constitute the certificate granted by the certification agency; (e) "certified seed" means seed that fulfils all requirements for certification provided by the Act and these rules and to the container of which the certification tag is attached; (f) "certified seed producer" means a person who grow or distributes certified seed in accordance with the procedure and standards of the certification agency; (g) "complete record" means the information which relates to the origin, variety, kind, germination and purity of seed of any notified kind or variety offered for sale, sold or otherwise supplied; (h) “form” means a form appended to these rules; (i) "origin" means the State, Union Territory or foreign country where the seed is grown and in case seeds of different origin are blended the label shall show the percentage of seed of each origin; (j) "processing" means cleaning, drying, treating, grading and other operations which would change the purity and germination of the seed and thus requiring re-testing to determine the quality of the seed, but does not inc