"*' furnished under this Part in respect of such seed, shall
certificate required to be so
be guilty of an off~nce.
(2) The validity of a contract for the sale of certified seed, or the right to enforce such a
contract, shall not be affected by non-compliance with this section.
(3) For the purposes of this section, the expression "in bulk quantities" includes any
quantity of seed taken, for the purpose of a particular sale, from any larger quantity of
seed, but does not include seed which is packed and sold in sealed containers.
(4). Save as provided by section 68, no person shall sell any prescribed seed for sowing
unless the said seed has previously been tested as provided by this Act, and upon
such test has been found of the standards of germination and purity prescribed for
such seed.
PART X ; ~
OFFENCES At'fD MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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57. Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with any of the provisions of this Act or
regulations, requirements or conditions lawfully prescribed there under, shall be guilty of an
offence.
58. Any person who (a) tampers with any seed so as to ensure] that any samples of such seed, taken under
and for the purposes of this Act, does not correctly represent the bulk from which the
sample was taken, or;
(b) otherwise tampers with any sample taken under this Act; or
(c) with intent to deceive, causes or permits to be sent to any seeds testing laboratory
to be tested for the purposes of this Act, a sample of any seed which to his
knowledge does not represent the bulk from which it was taken, shall be guilty of an
offence.
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59. Any person who, without lawful authority, alters, defaces or removes (a) any register, index or other such official record maintained in pursuance of this Act,
or of any order or requirement made there under; or
(b) any entry appearing in any such register, index or other such official record, shall
be guilty of an offence.
60. Any person who, without lawful authority, alters or defaces (a) any '>Certificate, report, record, invoice, accounts or otl:ler document, prescribed,
issued, furnished or kept under this Act, or under any order, requirement, condition or
regulation made hereunder; or
(d) any label, note, docket or mark placed upon any container under this Act, or under
any order, requirement or condition made there under, or who removes any such
label, note, docket or mar~from any such container, shall be guilty of an offence.
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