PART VII
QUALITY DECL;ARED SEED
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33 The Minister may from time to time, by order published in the Gazette, declare any seed to
be a Quality Declared Seed, and for each kind specify minimum standards.
34 (1) If, upon test made under Part IV, it is found and reported by an official seed analyst that
any Quality Declared Seed does not conform to the prescribed standards of germination or
purity, the owner thereof shall forthwith arrange for the prescribed seed to be treated or
cleaned.
(2) Where any Quality Declared'Seed has been treated or cleaned pursuant to subsection
(1), the owner may request a seed inspector to take a further sample thereof as
required under this Act, which shall be sent by the seed inspector to a seed testing
laboratory for further testing. The owner may cause further treatments or cleanings of
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Quality Declared Seed is found and reported by the official seed analyst to conform to
the seed standards.
35 (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, any person who sells, for sowing, any Quality
Declared Seed that has been tested in accordance with the provisions of this Act and found to
conform to the standards prescribed shall (a) if the Quality Declared Seed is sold in sealed containers, cause to be printed or
stamped upon each such container or upon a label attached thereto or enclosed
therein in such a way as to be legible without opening the container, in clear and
legible letters and figures (i) the words "tested seed";
(ii) the date upon which the Quality Declared Seed was tested; and
(iii) such other particulars as may be prescribed;
(b) if the Quality Declared Seed is sold in bulk quantities (i) and the seller is the person who caused the test to be made, furnish to the
buyer at the time of sale a statement in writing containing the name and address
of the seed testing laboratory where the test was made, the date of the test and a
declaration by the seller that the bulk quantity sold is all or part of that from which
the sample tested was taken, together with such other particulars as may be
prescribed;
(ii) and the seller is not the person who caused the test to be made, furnish to the
buyer at the time of sale a copy of a statement furnished, under the provisions of
subparagraph (i), by the perso)n who caused such test to be made, and shall
endorse thereon a declaration that the bulk quantity sold is all or part of that to
which such statement was rel~ted at the time the Quality Declared Seed was
procured.
perso!1whof~i!s to comply with the r~g~J.rements of subsection (1) Sha/l_bff_...~"
(2) Any
guilty of an offence.
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