(As published in UPOV Gazette No. 94, December 2002) THE SEEDS AND PLANT VARIETIES ACT, 1972** (As last amended in 2002) ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Section PART I – PRELIMINARY 1 Short title and commencement. 2 Interpretation. PART II – SEEDS 3 Seeds regulations. 4 Civil liabilities of sellers of seeds. 5 Defenses in proceedings for offences against regulations. 6 Presumption regarding statutory statements. 7 Index of names of plant varieties. 8 Restrictions on sales of seeds of unindexed plant varieties. 9 Performance trials and reports. 10 Offences, etc. PART III – SEED TESTING 11 Seed testing stations. 12 Certificates of test. 13 Use of samples in criminal proceedings. 14 Tampering with samples PART IV – CONTROL OF IMPORTS AND PREVENTION OF CROSS-POLLINATION 15 Control of imports of potentially deleterious seeds. 16 Prevention of injurious cross-pollination. PART V – PLANT BREEDER’S RIGHTS 17 Grant of plant breeder’s rights. 18 Conditions for grant of rights. 19 Period for which rights...