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Every licensee under this Act shall - (1) undertake to employ only such varieties of the 1[planting material as per list provided in the rules] in respect of scion and rootstock, for propagation and sale; 2[(1A) the licensee should have rootstock and scion mother block of his own or acquire it from Department of Horticulture, or Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana, on payment basis subject to availability. The mother block for bud wood (scion) should be maintained in screen house, the specifications for which may be provided by the competent authority. If the licensee wants to operate a second unit, he can use mother plants of rootstock as well as scion shown in the existing licence;] (2) keep a complete record of the origin or source of every rootstock and every scion showing the local name or botanical name or both, of the rootstocks and the scion used; 3[(2A) get the certification and traceability from Horticulture Certification Agency (as per provision in section 8 of The Seeds Act, 1966). If any nursery person wants to export the planting material, he has to follow the instructions issued by Horticulture Certification Agency from time to time;] 1 Substituted for the words “fruit plant as may be specified in the licence” by Punjab Act No.7 of 2022, Section 9 2 Inserted by Punjab Act No.7 of 2022, Section 9 3 Inserted by Punjab Act No.7 of 2022, Section 9 Duplicates. Duties of licensee. (3) keep the lay-out plan showing the position of every rootstock and scion tree employed in raising 1[horticulture] plants; (4) keep the nursery plots as well as the parent trees used for the propagation of 2[horticulture] plants free from insect, pests and diseases; 3[(4A) maintain the quality standards as prescribed by Department of Horticulture, National Horticulture Board or Government of India and should be tested negative for transmissible diseases after every year from the laboratories designated by the competent authority. In case the plant material found infected, it should be destroyed;] (5) specify in a conspicuous manner on a label the name of every kind and variety of 4[horticulture] plant enclosed in any package intended for sale and the name of the rootstock together with that of the scion of every such fruit plant; 5[(5A) the licensee shall provide specified number of tags prescribed by competent authority for stamp and signature of competent authority or person authorized by him and no horticulture plant shall be sold without such tag. The tag should carry the names of rootstock and scion variety of the horticulture plant;] (6) undertake to release for sale or distribution only such 6[horticulture] plants as are completely free from and kind of insect, pest or disease 7[as per traceability norms;] (7) maintain a register in the form specified by the competent authority showing the name of the fruit plant sold to any person, the name of the rootstock and the name and address of the person 8[purchasing it;] 9[(8) shall produce the record for inspection on demand by the director or inspecting officer, every licensee should have rootstock and scion mother block of known pedigree of his own or acquire it from Department of Horticulture or Punjab Agriculture 1 Substituted for the word “fruit” by Punjab Act No.7 of 2022, Section 9 2 Substituted for the word “fruit” by Punjab Act No.7 of 2022, Section 9 3 Inserted by Punjab Act No.7 of 2022, Section 9 4 Substituted for the word “fruit” by Punjab Act No.7 of 2022, Section 9 5 Inserted by Punjab Act No.7 of 2022, Section 9 6 Substituted for the word “fruit” by Punjab Act No.7 of 2022, Section 9 7 Substituted for the sign and word “; and” by Punjab Act No.7 of 2022, Section 9 8 Substituted for the words and sign “purchasing it.” By Punjab Act No.7 of 2022, Section 9 9 Added by Punjab Act No.7 of 2022, Section 9 University or State Agriculture University of any other state or any Indian Council of Agricultural Research Institutions on payment basis subject to availability and the mother block for bud wood (scion) should be maintained in screen house as per the specifications provided by the competent authority. All rootstock scion shall be taken from accredited nursery, Department of Horticulture and Punjab Agricultural University only. Every licensee, to meet the provisions of sub-section (6) of this section, shall deposit the prescribed fee fixed by competent authority and shall inform the inspection officer or authority within the period of seven working days of depositing the fee for getting the quarterly as well as final inspection done. (9) In every horticulture nursery, the owner should have a display board of prescribed size, colour and location as decided by competent authority displaying the following information with the paint on left half side of the display board: - (i) Name of nursery; (ii) License number; (iii) Validity period; (iv) Source of plant material; and (v) Kind of plant material. (10) The lower right half part of the display board shall be used for giving any important information to the farmers provided by the Department of Horticulture regarding the nursery plants.]