THE SEEDS RULES 1968

THE SEEDS RULES 1968 PART I-Preliminary Shurt title.-These rules may be called the Seeds Rules, 1968. Dcfinitions.-Jn these rules, unless the conte~t otherwise reauires,- (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 oft he 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 gr3.nted by the certification agency; (,) "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; "certified seed producer" means a person who grows 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 an:i itotified kind or variety offered for sale, sold or othern'ise supplied; (h) "form'' means a form appended to these r,ulcs; "origin" means the State, Union Teriitory 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; "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 no

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