(1) A denomination of a variety entered in the variety list may be altered or supplemented
by the Controller of Seeds on an application made to him by the applicant giving the
reasons for the same.
(2) The Controller of Seeds may delete the denomination of a variety entered in the variety
list if he is satisfied (a) that any information submitted to him in the application for the recognition of such
variety or in connection with such an application was incorrect and that the variety
would not have been recognized if he had known that the information was incorrect;
or
(b) that information has come to light which if discovered earlier, would have resulted in
the refusal of such application; or
(c) that it is in the public interest to delete it; or
(d) that plants and propagating material of such variety capable of reproducing the
variety in such a manneFthat-the-morphological,physiological-and-other------characteristics thereof correspond with the characteristics described at the time of
the recognition thereof, cannot be readily obtained; or
(e) that the variety no longer conforms to the requirements referred to in article 8; or
(f) if the Minister, after an evaluation referred to in article 13, directs him to do so.
(3) The Controller of Seeds shall by notice in the Gazette publish the prescribed
particulars relating to an alteration, supplementation or deletion in terms of this section.
13. Evaluation of Variety
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(a) a variety in respect of which an application for recognition has been submitted in
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(b) a variety of which the denomination has been entered in the variety list, in order
that the usefulness thereof for agricultural or industrial purposes may be evaluated.
The evaluation of a variety referred to in subsection(1 )(a) of this article shall commence
within 12 months from the date on which the relevant application for recognition is
received by the Controller of Seeds, and the applicant concerned shall within that period
be advised in writing whether the)Minister intends investigating the variety under the
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said subsection.
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The prescribed quantity or mass of plant or propagating material of the variety in
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