words preceding paragraph (a) of the following words:
"If the registrar is satisfied that the holder of a plant breeder's right is unreasonably refusing a licence
under section 25 or imposing unreasonable conditions for the issue thereof, and is satisfied that, as a
result of such refusal or such conditions, the reasonable requirements of the public with regard to the
new variety in question are not being satisfied or will not be satisfied, he or she may issue a
compulsory licence-It.
Amendment of section 29 of Act 15 of 1976
18. Section 29 of the principal Act is hereby amended(a) by the substitution in subsection (1) for the words receding paragraph (a) of the following words:
"The holder of a plant breeder's right under this Act or the PlantBreeders' Rights Act, 1964 (Act No.
22 of 1964), shall, within the prescribed period after such right or any part thereof has been
transferred to another person and in the/orm and prescribed manner prescribed and upon payment
of the prescribed fee-"; and
(b) by the substitution for subsection (2) of the following subsection:
"(2) A person to whom a plant breeder's right or any part thereof has been transferred shall, if he or
she appoints an agent with respect to such right, within the prescribed period and in the/orm and
prescribed manner prescribed inform the registrar of the name and address of such agent.".
Amendment of section 31 of Act 15 of 1976; as amended by section 19 of Act 5 of1980
19. Section 31 of the principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for paragraph (a) of
subsection (1) of the following paragraph:
"(a) The Minister may after consultation with the Minister of Finance by notice in the Gazette take
over on behalf of the State the plant breeder's right in any new variety of a kind of plant from a date
determined by him or her and published in the same or later notice in the Gazette.".
Amendment of section 32 of Act 15 of 1976, as amended by section 20 of Act 5 of 1980
20. Section 32 of the principal Act is hereby amended(a) by the substitution in subsection (1) for the words preceding paragraph (a) of the following words:
"The denomination approved in respect of a new variety may be altered or supplemented by the
registrar- "; and
(b) by the substitution for subsection (2) of the following subsection:
"(2) An application referred to in subsection (l)(b) shall be made to the registrar in thefarm and
prescribed manner prescribed and shall be accompanied by the prescribed application fee.".
Amendment of section 33 of Act 15 of 1976, as amended by section 21 of Act 5 of 1980
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