THE SEEDS RULES 1968

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); "advertisement" means all representations other than those on the 18961, disseminated in any manner or by any means relating to seed for the purposes of the Act; © "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; (@) "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; l () "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 ofthe certification agency; ® *'complete record" means the information which relates to the origin, variety, kind, germination and purity of seed of any hotified kind or variety offered for sale, sold or otherwise supplied; () "form" means a form appended fo these rules; @ "origin' means the State, Union Territory or foreign country where the seed is grown of "origin' 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 w.hich requiring re-testing to "processing" means cleaning, would change the purity and germination of the seed and thus requiring re-testing to de

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