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A 646 1992 No. 72 National Agricultural See& Decree (2) The Unit shall, before revoking any certification, give due notice to any person likelv to be affected by such a revocation. (3) A person who is aggrieved by a decision of the Unit under specified subsection (1). of this section may appeal to such authority as may by the Council within 30 days fro~m the date on which the decision is communicated to him: Provided that the appellate authority may entertain an appeal after the expiry.of the said period of thirty days if it is satisfied that the appellant was prevented by sufficient cause from filling the appeal in time. (4) On reciept of an appeal under subsection (3) of this section. the Council shall after giving the appellant an opportunity of being heard, dispose of the appeal as expeditiously as possible. (5) Every order of the appellant authority shall be final. Genetic identity. 14.-(1) Every certification shall specify that the genetic identity of the released variety is preserved through the various stages of multiplication of the seed. (2) The following categories of s d s of released varieties shall be subject to s e d certitication, namely - (a) breeder seed; (b) foundation d l i n b r e d lines: and (c) certitied seed. 15. The Minister may by notification in the Gozetfe recognise any wed Recognition of seed certificaticm agencies certification agency established in any foreign country, for the purposes of this of hrzign countries. Decree. Importation or exportation of seeds. 16.-( 1) An application to export or import seeds of a notified kind or variety into Nigeria shall be! niadt: to the Unit and t h applicant ~ shall forward a copy of such application to the Plant Quarantine Service. S eerl samples meant for research purposes, d s intended (2) for export from or import into Nigeria shall carry the naccessary phytosanitory certificates and viability tests result. (3) Seeds imported into Nigeria shall in addition to identification as to their origin be clearly labelled with analysis.

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