Seed Production of Vegetable, Tuber and Spice Crops

Restriction of Export and Import of Seeds

• There is a provision to restrict export and import of seeds of notified kinds or varieties. The section 17 defines as under “No person shall for the purpose of sowing or planting by any person (including himself) export or import or cause to be exported or imported any seed of any notified kind or variety unless
• It conforms to the minimum limits of germination and purity specified for that seed under clause (a) of Section 6 and
• Its container bears in the prescribed manner the mark or label with the correct particular thereof specified for that seed under clause (b) of section