EXTRACTS FROM THE PROTECTION OF PLANT VARIETIES AND FARMERS' RIGHTS ACT, 2001 (53 OF 2001)

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....irman; * * * * * (q) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; * * * * * (y) "Tribunal" means the Plant Varieties Protection Appellate Tribunal established under section 54; (z) "Technical Member" means a Member of the Tribunal who is not a Judicial Member; * * * * * Exemption from fees. 44. A farmer or group of farmers or village community shall not be liable to pay any fees in any proceeding before the Authority or Registrar or the Tribunal or the High Court under this Act or the rules made thereunder. Explanation.-For the purposes of this section, "fees in any proceeding" includes any fees payable for inspection of any document or for obtaining a copy of any decision or order....

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....ffice of a member of a tribunal or any post, under the Union or a State, requiring special knowledge of law after he became an advocate. (3) A Technical Member shall be a person who is an eminent agricultural scientist in the field of plant breeding and genetics and possesses an experience of at least twenty years to deal with plant variety or seed development activity, or who has held the post in the Central Government or a State Government dealing with plant variety or seed development equivalent to the Joint Secretary to the Government of India for at least three years and possesses the special knowledge in the field of plant breeding and genetics. (4) The Central Government shall appoint a Judicial Member of the Tribunal to be the....

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....pparent from the record, amend any order passed by it under sub-section (1), and make such amendment if the mistake is brought to its notice by the appellant or the opposite party. (3) In every appeal, the Tribunal may, where it is possible, hear and decide such appeal within a period of one year from the date of filing of the appeal. (4) The Tribunal shall send a copy of any order passed under this section to the Registrar. (5) The orders of the Tribunal under this Act shall be executable as a decree of a civil court. Procedure of Tribunal. 58. (1) The powers and functions of the Tribunal may be exercised and discharged by Benches constituted by the Chairman of the Tribunal from among the Members thereof. (2) A Bench shal....