Telangana Cotton Seeds (Regulation of Supply, Distribution, Sale and Fixation of Sale Price) Act. 2008 (Gujarat Act No. 29 of 2007). Country/Territory India Territorial subdivision Telangana Document type Legislation Date 2007 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Cultivated plants Keyword Plant protection Plant variety Planting material/seeds Internal trade International trade Offences/penalties Plant production Genetically modified organism (GMO) Biotechnology Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia Entry into force notes This Act shall be deemed to have come into force on 28 June 2007. Abstract This Act aims to regulate the supply, distribution, sale and fixation of sale price of cotton seeds, including cotton seeds of any variety, transgenic and genetically modified used for sowing. The State Government may appoint an officer to be the Cotton Seeds Controller for the State, who, may decide necessary or expedient for regulating, maintaining or increasing the supply or distribution or sale of Cotton Seeds. The competent Controller shall perform the following functions: mandatory registration of cotton seed firms which are engaged in cotton seed trade; pay compensation to the farmers. The Controller shall advice the State Government on matters relating to: regulations of sale of cotton seed by way of compulsory DNA finger printing test or genetic purity test; require any person holding stock of cotton seeds to sell the whole or specified part at a specified prices fixed by the State Government; require any person engaged in the supply, distribution and sale of cotton seeds to comply with guidelines as may be specified in the order as to the variety, quality or quantity of the cotton seeds to be sold or delivered. The State Government may, in consultation with the Controller, establish State Seeds Testing Laboratories where analysis of cotton seeds shall be carried out; and recognize testing laboratories as referral seeds testing laboratories for the purpose of referral analysis in the prescribed manner. Full text English Website indiacode.nic.in