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भाग II--खण्ड 1
PART II-Section 1
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नई दिल्ली, वोमबार , सितम्बर 11 , 1972/ भात्र 20, 1894 VEW DELHI , MONDAY , SEPTEMBER 11 , 1972 / BHADRA 20 , 1894
इस भाग में भिन्न पृष्ठ संख्या दी जाती है जिस ने कि यह अलग संकलन के रूप में रखा जा सके ।
Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed as a separate compilation
MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE
(Legislative Department )
New Delhi , the 11th September , 1972 / Bhadra 20, 1894 ( Saka )
The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 9th September , 1972 , and is hereby published for general information : --
THE SEEDS (AMENDMENT) ACT , 1972
No. 55 OF 1972
19th September , 1972 ]
An Act to amend the Seeds Act , 1966 .
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty - third Year of the Republic of India as follows : --
1. ( 1 ) This Act may be called the Seeds (Amendment ) Act , 1972 .
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may , by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint .
Short title and com- mence- ment .
54 of 1966 ,
ment of Amend- section 2 .
2. In section 2 of the Seeds Act, 1966 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act ) , in clause ( 11 ) , after sub- clause ( iii ) , the following sub- clause shall be inserted , namely: --
" ( iv ) jute seeds ," .
3. After section 8 of the principal Act, the following sections shall be inserted , namely : -
Insertion of new sections 8A to 8E .
The Cen- tral Seed Certifica- tion " 8A. ( 1 ) The Central Government shall , by notification in the Official Gazette , establish a Central Seed Certification Board (here- inafter referred to as the Board ) to advise the Central Government and the State Governments on all matters relating to certification , Board
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and to co- ordinate the functioning of the agencies established under section 8 .
(2) The Board shall consist of the following members , namely: -
(i) a Chairman, to be nominated by the Central Govern- ment;
(ii) four members, to be nominated by the Central Govern- ment from out of the persons employed by the State Govern- ments as Directors of Agriculture;
( iii ) three members , to be nominated by the Central Gov- ernment from out of the persons employed by the Agricultural Universities as Directors of Research;
(iv) thirteen persons , to be nominated by the Central Gov- ernment to represent such interests as that Government thinks fit, of whom not less than four persons shall be representatives of seed producers or tradesmen.
(3 ) A member of the Board shall , unless his seat becomes vacant earlier by resignation or otherwise , be entitled to hold office for two years from the date of his nomination:
Provided that a person nominated under clause ( ii ) or clause ( iii) of sub - section ( 2) shall hold office only for so long as he holds the appointment by virtue of which his nomination was made .
Other Commit- tees.
8B. The Board may appoint as many Committees as it deems fit consisting wholly of the members of the Board or wholly of other persons or partly of members of the Board and partly of other persons as it thinks fit to exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be delegated to them , subject to such conditions as it may think fit , by the Board.
8C. No proceeding of the Board or any Committee thereof shall become invalid merely by reason of the existence of any vacancy therein or any defect in the constitution thereof .
Proceed- ings of Board or Commit- tee not to be invalid by reason of any vacancy therein.
Proce- durefor Board.
8D. The Board may , subject to the previous approval of the Central Government , make bye -laws for the purpose of regulating its own procedure and the procedure of any Committee thereof and the conduct of all business to be transacted by it or such Committee .
8E. The Central Government shall-
Secretary and other officers.
(i) appoint a person to be the Secretary of the Board , and
( ii ) provide the Board with such technical and other staff as the Central Government considers necessary.".
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4. In section 9 of the principal Act,
Amend- ment of section 9.
(i) in sub -section ( 3) , for the words , brackets , letter and figure "minimum limits of germination and purity specified for that seed under clause ( a) of section 6 " , the words " prescribed standards" shall be substituted ;
(ii ) to sub - section (3 ) , the following proviso shall be added , namely:-
"Provided that such standards shall not be lower than the minimum limits of germination and purity specified for that seed under clause ( a) of section 6. " .
5. In section 25 of the principal Act ,-
Amend- ment of section 25 .
(a) in sub - section ( 2 ) , after clause ( f) , the following clause shall be inserted , namely :-
" (ff ) the standards to which seeds should conform; " ;
(b) in sub -section ( 3) , for the words " in two successive sessions , and if, before the expiry of the session in which it is so laid or the session immediately following " , the words " in two or more successive sessions , and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid" shall be substituted .
K. K. SUNDARAM,
Joint Secretary to the Government of India .
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