Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Right Act : Proceedings before Authority or Registrar.

Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Right Act,2001

Act No : 53

Section : Proceedings before Authority or Registrar.

87. Proceedings before Authority or Registrar.-All proceedings before the Authority or the Registrar, as the case may be, relating to registration of variety or essentially derived variety, registration of agent, registration of licence or registration o compulsory licensing under this Act shall be deemed to be judicial proceedings within the meaning of sections 193 and 228 and for the purpose of section 196 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) and the Authority or the Registrar, as the case may be, sh ll be deemed to be a civil court for the purposes of section 195 and Chapter XXVI of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974).