PART V
SEED INSPECTION
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21. (1) There shall be seed inspectors authorized as such by the Minister for the purposes of
this Act.
-----(2) An application for authorization as a seed inspector shall be made to the Minister in
the prescribed form, and shall be accompanied with the prescribed fees.
(3) The Minister shall cause a c9rtifi~ of authorization and/or identification to be issued
to each seed inspector. )
(4) A seed inspector shall produce for inspection his certificate of authorization and/or
identification upon demand of any person affected by this Act.
22. The authority of a seed inspector issued under section 21 may be (a) general, whereby the..seed inspector shall be empowered to exercise all the
powers of a seed inspector anywhere in Malawi; or
(b) limited, either(i) as to the specific powers exercisable by the seed inspector; or
as to the place or district in wlljch such powers are exercisable by the seed
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inspector.
(c) Inspect any book, record and other documents, and make copies thereof or
excerpts therefrom.
23 (1) A seed inspector may, for any of the purposes of this Act, and at all reasonable times
(a)
enter and inspect any place, premises or vehicle in or upon which any
prescribed seed or restricted seed or propagating material is being produced,
reproduced, bred, cultivated, processed, treated, prepared, tested, examined,
analysed, classified, prepackaged, marked, labeled, held, kept, packed,
removed, transported~hibited or sold;
(b)
examine the seed or propagating material and take samples thereof; and
(c)
require the owner or occupier to produce for inspection, or for the purpose of
obtaining copies or extracts, any books, labels, shipping bills, bills of lading or
other documents or papers with respect to the administration of this Act
(2) A seed inspector may take samples of any seed for any of the following purposes (d) for test or examination to determine whether the seed is prescribed seed or
restricted seed; or
(e) for test to determine whether [,] if the seed lot is prescribed seed [,] it conforms
to the standards of pumy and germination prescribed therefore under t~is Act; or
(f) for such other pUrpOSE!S as may be deemed necessary by the seed inspector in
relation to the exercise-of his[/her] powers under this Act.
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