Andhra Pradesh Cotton Seeds (Regulation of Supply, Distribution, Sale and Fixation of Sale Price) Act, 2007

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    "title": "Andhra Pradesh Cotton Seeds (Regulation of Supply, Distribution, Sale and Fixation of Sale Price) Act, 2007",
    "short_title": "Andhra Pradesh Cotton Seeds (Regulation of Supply, Distribution, Sale and Fixation of Sale Price) Act, 2007",
    "act_number": "(Act No. 29 of 2007)",
    "act_year": 2007,
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    "location": "Andhra Pradesh",
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    "description": "Andhra Pradesh Cotton Seeds (Regulation of Supply, Distribution, Sale and Fixation of Sale Price) Act, 2007",
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            "title": "2. Definitions.",
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            "content": "(1) \"Agronomic Performance\" means distinguishable agronomic qualitative and quantitative characteristics of any cotton seed variety considered for evaluation of performance as claimed by the producer on label;\n(2) \"Controller\" means the Cotton Seed Controller appointed by the Government under Section 3.\n(3) \"Cotton Seeds\" means cotton seed of any variety and includes transgenic and genetically modified cotton seed varieties used for sowing;\n(4) \"Farmer\" means any person who raises cotton crops either by cultivating the land by himself or through any other person but shall not include persons companies, traders, dealers who engage in the commercial procurement and sale of seeds;\n(5) \"Government\" means the State Government;\n(6) \"Misbranded\" the seed shall be deemed to be misbranded,-\n(i) if it is a substitute for or resembles in a manner likely to deceive, another variety of seed under the name of which it is sold, and is not plainly and conspicuously labelled so as to indicate its true nature;\n(ii) if it is falsely stated to be the produce of any place or Country;\n(iii) if it is sold by a name which belongs to another kind or variety of seed;\n(iv) if false claims are made for it upon the label or otherwise;\n(v) if, when sold in a package which has been sealed or prepared by or at the instance, of the dealer and which bears his name and address, the contents of each package are not conspicuously and correctly stated on the outside thereof within the limits of variability prescribed under this Act;\n(vi) if the package containing it or the label on the package bears any statement, design or device regarding the quality of cotton seed contained therein, which is false or misleading in any material particular or if the package is otherwise deceptive with respect of its contents;\n(vii) if it is not registered in the manner required by or under this Act; or\n(viii) if its label does not contain a warning or caution which may be necessary, and sufficient, if complied with, to prevent risk to human beings or animals; or\n(ix) if the package containing it or the label on the package bears the name of a fictitious individual or company as the dealer of the kind or variety; or\n(x) if it is not labelled in accordance with the requirements of this Act or rules made there under;\n(7) \"notification\" means a notification published in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette and the words 'notified' shall be construed accordingly;\n(8) \"prescribed\" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;\n(9) \"producer\" means a person, group of persons, firm or company or organisation who grows or organizes the production of cotton seed;\n(10) \"spurious seed\" means that which is not genuine or true to its type;\n(11) \"State\" means the State of Andhra Pradesh;\n(12) \"State Referral Seed Testing Laboratory\" means a laboratory established or declared as notified by the State;\n(13) \"substandard\" means cotton seed which does not meet the prescribed seed standards for the cotton seed;\n(14) \"Transgenic variety\" means seed or planting material synthesized or developed by modifying or altering the genetic composition by means of genetic engineering;\n(15) \"Variety\" means a plant grouping except micro organism within a single botanical tax on of the lowest known rank, which can be,-\n(i) defined by the expression of the characteristics resulting from a given genotype of that plant grouping;\n(ii) distinguished from any other plant grouping by expression of atleast one of the said characteristics; and\n(iii) considered as a unit with regard to its suitability for being propagated, which remains unchanged after such propagation and includes propagating material of such variety, extant variety, transgenic variety, farmers' variety and essentially derived variety.",
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            "title": "3. Appointment of Controller.",
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            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Powers of Controller.",
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            "content": "(a) require any person holding stock of cotton seeds to sell the whole or specified part thereof at such prices as may be fixed by the Government from time to time and to such persons in such circumstances as may be specified in the order.\n(b) require any person engaged in the supply, distribution and sale of Cotton Seeds to comply with such directions as may be specified in the order as to the variety, quality or quantity of the Cotton Seeds to be sold or delivered by him from time to time.",
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            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Functions of Controller.",
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            "content": "(a) mandatory registration of cotton seed firms which are engaged in trade of cotton seed duly indicating the production aspects and areas of operation etc.,\n(b) Payment of compensation to the farmers;\n(ii) such other matters as assigned by the Government.",
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            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. State Seed Testing Laboratory.",
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            "content": "(a) establish one or more State Seed Testing Laboratories or declare any seed testing laboratory in the Government or non-Government sector as a State Seed Testing Laboratory where analysis of cotton seed shall be carried out under this Act in the prescribed manner;\n(b) Recognizes one or more seed testing laboratories as referral seed testing laboratories for the purpose of referral analysis in the manner prescribed.",
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            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Compensation to farmer.",
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            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Seed Inspector.",
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            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Seed Analyst.",
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            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Report of Seed Analyst.",
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            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Direction to price fixing.",
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            "number": "12",
            "title": "12. Penalties.",
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            "number": "13",
            "title": "13. Offences by companies.",
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            "number": "14",
            "title": "14. Cognizance of offences.",
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            "number": "15",
            "title": "15. Protection of action taken in good faith.",
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            "number": "17",
            "title": "17. Forfeiture of property.",
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            "number": "18",
            "title": "18. Power to give directions.",
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        {
            "number": "19",
            "title": "19. Exemption.",
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        {
            "number": "20",
            "title": "20. Power to make rules.",
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        {
            "number": "21",
            "title": "21. Guidelines for interpretation of Act.",
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        {
            "number": "22",
            "title": "22. Repeal of Ordinance No. 4 of 2007.",
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            "content": "Explanatory Statement\nExplanatory Statement\nSalient features of Act.",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "Last Updated 24th September, 2019 [ap591]",
        "Act Number": "(Act No. 29 of 2007)",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "2007",
        "Short Title": "Andhra Pradesh Cotton Seeds (Regulation of Supply, Distribution, Sale and Fixation of Sale Price) Act, 2007",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Andhra Pradesh"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:18"
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