The Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers Rights Act, 2001
Central · 2001
- S. 1Short title, extend and commencement.
- S. 2Definitions.
- 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.
- S. 14Application for registration.
- S. 15Registrable 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.
- 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.
- S. 33Surrender of certificate of registration.
- S. 34Revocation of protection on certain grounds.
- S. 35Payment of annual fees 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.
- S. 39Farmers’ rights.
- 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.
- 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.
- S. 54Tribunal.
- S. 55Composition of Tribunal.
- S. 56Appeals to High Court.
- S. 57Orders of High Court.
- S. 58Procedure of Tribunal.
- S. 59Transitional provision.
- S. 60Grants by Central Government.
- S. 61Authority Fund.
- S. 62Budget, accounts and audit.
- S. 63Financial and administrative powers of Chairperson.
- S. 64Infringement.
- S. 65Suit for infringement, etc.
- S. 66Relief in suits for infringement.
- S. 67Opinion of scientific adviser.
- S. 68Prohibition to apply denomination of a registered variety.
- S. 69Meaning of falsely applying denomination of 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.
- 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 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. 90Members 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.