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Seeds Certification Act (Chapter 35:07).

Country/Territory
Botswana
Document type
Legislation
Date
1976 (2008)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act to make better provision for the testing, and for the control of the sale, export and use of seeds
Subject
Cultivated plants
Keyword
Planting material/seeds International trade Certification Registration Inspection Basic legislation Plant production
Geographical area
Africa, Landlocked Developing Nations, Southern Africa
Abstract

The 18 sections of this Act are divided into 8 Parts: Preliminary (I); Testing of seeds (II); Control of the export, sale and use of seeds (III); Certificate (IV); Registered seed growers (V); General powers of inspectors and miscellaneous provisions (VI); Regulations (VII); Offences and penalties (VIII). Seeds shall not be deemed to contain noxious weed seeds for the purposes of this Act unless more than the prescribed percentage of noxious weed seeds are so contained (sect. 2). One or more seed-testing stations shall be established and maintained by the Minister who shall also appoint one or more public officers to be official seed-testers. Exportation of seeds other than Government-certified or Government-tested seeds, shall be an offence (sect. 5). Section 7 provides for the control of the sale of Government-tested seeds. Section 8 provides for the control of the sale of Government-certified seeds. No certificate shall be issued in respect of any seeds under section 7 unless a sample of such seeds tested at a testing station reaches the prescribed standards in respect of purity and germination (sect. 9). Such standards shall be prescribed in a Regulation made by the Minister (sect. 17). Any person wishing to grow any crop for the production of Government-certified seeds shall register himself with the Minister as a seed grower in respect of such crop (sect. 10).

Full text
English
Website
www.laws.gov.bw