- 1. Importation, exportation or sale of seeds
- 2. Inspectors
- 3. Obstruction of inspectors
- 4. Seizure of seeds or package
- 5. Analysts
- 6. Certificate of analyst
- 7. Offences by bodies of persons
- 8. Regulations
- 9. Interpretation
Seeds (Certification and Standards) Act, 1972
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SEEDS (CERTIFICATION AND STANDARDS) ACT, 1972 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
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SECTION
I. Importation. exportation or sale of seeds.
2. Inspectors.
3. Obstruction of inspectors.
4. Seizure of seeds or package.
5. Analysts.
6. Certificate of analyst.
7. Offences by bodies of persons.
8. Regulations.
9. Interpretation.
N.R.C.D. 100
SEEDS (CERTIFICATION AND STANDARDS) ACT, 19721
AN ACT to provide for the regulation of the importation and exportation of seeds
and for related matters.
1. Importation, exportation or sale of seeds
(1) Subject to this Act and to the Prevention and Control of Pests and Diseases of
Plants Act. 1965 (Act 307) a person shall not
(a) import. export or sell a seed unless the seed is of the standard prescribed
and is packaged and labelled in the prescribed manner;
(b) import. export or sell a seed of a variety that is not approved for sale by the
Minister;
(c) import. export or sell a seed undera grade name so closely resembling a grade name established by the Regulations unless the seed conforms to the standard in relation to that grade and is packaged and labelled in the pre-scribed manner.
(2) Without prejudice to subsection (1). a personshall not import the seeds of a crop. including seeds which enter the Republic through diplomatic channels from foreign coun-tries. unless the seeds are approved by the Plant Quarantine Unit of the Ministry of Agriculture.
(3) Where seeds produced in the Republic are sold or held for the purpose of cleaning. subsection (1) (a) shall not apply to those seeds.
(4) Subsection (1) (b) shall not apply to seeds or roots and vegetables.
I. This Act was issued as the Seeds (Certification and Standards) Decree. 1972 (N.R.C.D. 1(0) made on the 30th day of August. 1972. and notified in the Gazette on 8th September. 1972.
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(5) A person who does an act in contravention of a provision of subsection (I) com-mits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty penalty units or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding twelve months or to both the fine and the imprisonment.
(6) Subject to subsection (I), an importer may import the seeds of a crop for the pur-poses of seed production for export if at the time of importation of the seed the importer makes a declaration in triplicate to the Commissioner, Customs, Excise and Preventive Service or an officer authorised by the Commissioner stating
(a) that the seeds are for the personal use of that person,
(b) that the seeds are to be used for experimental purposes only,
(c) that the seeds produced from the imported seeds shall not be sold to a per
son in the Republic, and
(d) that the production, distribution and disposal of the seeds shall be as authorised
by the Minister.
(7) An importer who knowingly makes a declaration which is false commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a finenot exceeding two hundred penalty units or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding six months or to both the fine and the imprisonment.
(8) The Commissioner, Customs, Excise and Preventive Service shall forward two copies of the declaration to the Chief Seed Multiplication Officer.
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2. Inspectors
(I) The Minister may designate a qualified person to act as an inspector for the purposes of enforcing this Act.
(2) An inspector may, for a purpose mentioned in subsection (I), at a reasonable
time, on the production of the certificate of appointment,
(a) enter a place where the inspector has reasonable grounds to believe that
there are seeds to which this Act applies; or
(b) inspect the seeds found in that place and take samples of the seeds; or
(c) require a person in possession of a document in respect of seeds to which
this Act applies to produce the document for examination or for the purposes of obtaining copies or extracts from the document; or
(d) request a person to furnish an information which the inspector may require
for the purposes of this Act.
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