2. Definitions :
2.1 Unless, the subject or context otherwise requires, in this Act;-
2.1.1 “Seeds” means a matured ovule having embryonic plant,
food substance and protective cover or seeds or germ
which can be used in sowing or planting to produce crops
by reproducing in a sexual or asexual mode.
2.1.2 “Crops” means crops such as fruits, cereals, vegetables,
cash crops and grass crops.
2.1.3 “Agricultural Activity” means the activity of producing
cereals, fruits, legumes, oil crops, vegetables, cash crops
and grass.
2.1.4 Board” means the National Seeds Board constituted
pursuant to Section 3.
3 2.1.5 “Laboratory” means the Seeds Testing Laboratory
established pursuant to Section 9.
2.1.6 “Notified Seeds” means the seeds prescribed pursuant to
Section 11.
2.1.7 “Container” means a box, tin can, bottle, bag, jute-bag,
bin, barrel or similar other container used to store the
seeds.
2.1.8 “Breeder” means a person, organization or body which
brings into use any variety of the crops by
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selecting it for the first time.
5 2.1.9 “Type” means all close species or sub-species of any plant
that is identified or identifiable by the same general name.
6 2.1.10 “Variety” means a plant grouping within a single
botanical taxon of the lowest known rank, which can be
defined by the expression of the characteristics resulting
from a given genotype of that plant grouping,
distinguished from any other plant grouping by expression
of at least one of the said characteristics and considered as
a unit with regard to its suitability for being propagated,
which remains unchanged after such propagation.”
2.1.11 “Label” means a description relating to the Seeds
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affixed on the Container in a visible manner.
2.1.12 “Prescribed” or “As Prescribed” means prescribed or as
prescribed in the Rules framed under this Act