Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers” Rights (Second Amendment) Rules 2009

m fie an nae-33004/99 REGD. No. D. 1.4300409 Ehe (Gazetagqg of cEuclid EXTRAORDINARY am "~qu 3.3143130) m 13 m A _____ PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No, 619177 N_E_W DELHI, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2009/KARTIKA 5, 1931 WWW (wwmfiw) mm I. whamqfwwfi‘rmfiwwafimafimxfzmfifinwmmfiuwzowéI ficafinfifizfinfififiwmfim wmmfimm: arfi’a 30 m, 2004 3% mafia 843(31) fit m 14 may, 2008 a? math 731(9) 31“?! m 3868 SUZUKI? (I) V _ M'INIsmv or AGRICULTURE (Department ofAgriculture and Cooperation) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 27th October, 2009 G,S.R. 783(E).Vln exercise ofthe powers conferred by subsection (2) of Section 96 ofthe Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Act: 2001 (53 onOOl), the Genital Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Protection of Plant Varieties and Fan-tiers‘ Rights Rules. 2003, namely :7 1. These rules may he called the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers” Rights (Second Amendment) 2. They shall come into force on the date of their publication in Official Gazette. 3‘ In the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers‘ Rights Rules. 2003, for rule 24, the following rule shall be substituted, namely :7 “24. Registration: of extant plant varieties under sub-section (2) of Section 15.~—(1) The Registrar shall register every fanncrs‘ variety which is an extant variety within five years From the date of its notification under the Act. with respect to the genera and specie eligible for registration subject to conformity to the criteria of distinctiveness, uniformity and stability as laid down under the regulations. (2) The Registrar shall register other extant variety within three years from the date of it notification under the Act with respect to the genera and species eligible for registration subject to conformity to the criteria of distinctiveness, uniformity and stability as laid down under the replations : Provided that the Registrar may, for reasons to be recorded in writing register a farmers‘ variety and other extant variety alter the expiry ofthc said period offive years or three years as the case may be." [P No. 2-] BOOWSDJH Note :—The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India ride G.S.Rt 738(E), dated the 12"1 September, 2003 and subsequently amended vide G.S.R. 843(E) dated the 30" December: 2004 and GS‘R. 73 l (E) dated the 14'“ October, 2008 and G.S.R. 319(E) daled the i 1'" May, 2009. Printed by the Managerr Government of India Press, Rlng may Mnyapuriv New Delhi-110064 and Published by me Commiler of Publications. Delhi-l must.