, /" .~ An Act to provide for the minimum standards to regulate and control (of) production, processing, sale, importation, exportation and testing and further to provide for the certification of seed and for matters incidental to or connected therewith. PART I PRELIMINARY 1. This Act may be cited as the Seed Act. 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires "advertisement" includes any statement, picture, design or device (a) published in any news paper or other publication in general circulation to the public; or (b) contained in any handbill, circular or other matter which is distributed to members of the public through the post or brought to the notice of the public in any other manner; "certified seed" means any prescribed seed which is certified under the provisions of Part IX; "container" includes a bag, barrel, case, tin, package or any other container in which seed is placed or packed; "contract of sale" includes an agreement to sell; "Controller of Seeds" means the officer in the public service designated as such under the ~ provisions of section 3; "Homogeneous" means the crop stand is uniform without variations e.g., height, colour flowers and as may be defined by the Controller of Seeds; "Imported Certified Seed" means any prescribed seed certified in the country of its origin imported by a registered seed importer and certified as Imported Certified Seed under the provisions of Part IX; "label" includes any legend, work, mark, symbol or design ap9lied or attached to, or accompanying, any seed or package of seed; "Malawi Certified Seed" means any prescribed seed produced in Malawi and certified as such under the provisions of Part IX; "Minister" means the Minister responsible for Agriculture; "bfficial seed-tester" means any [person] designated as an official seed-tester under Part IV; "owner", in relation to any seed, includes any person having for the time being the possession, custody or control thereof; "purity" means analytical purity expressed as a percentage by weight; "quality declared seed" means aQ.Y seed declared as such by an order made under section 33; ~ .. "registered" means registered in terms of this f-ct; "registered seed seller" means any seed seller registered under Part V; "seed" means the part of any plant, customarijy referred to as seed, intended for planting and includes other propagating materials; "seed analyst" means any person designated as seed analyst under section 16; "seed cleaner" means any person engaged in the trade or business of removing impurities from seed; 5