22. In this Act. unless the context otherwise requires "Certified seed" means breeder seed, registered seed, pre basic seed, basic seed, standard seed, or nucleus seed produced and labelled as "certified seed" in accordance with the standards and procedures specified in section 14 of this Act; "importer" means any person by whose act, any seed or planting material has been landed in or entered into Sri Lanka; "pest" shall include any biotic agent capable of causing injury or damage or economic losses to plant or plant products and shall include weed seed; "premises" shall include any land, building, establishment, stores freight container, vehicle, vessel or conveyance wholly or partially used for keeping, storing, conditioning, transplanting or growing plants or for keeping or storing seeds;"prescribed" means prescribed by regulation : "Secretary" means Secretary to the Ministry of the Minister in charge of the subject of Agriculture; "seed" means
| (1) the mature fertilized part of the plant, containing an embryo ready for germination and transformation into a seedling.. |
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| (2) seed potatoes, bulbs rhizomes, and |
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"seed handler" means any person who as producer. importer. distributor, conditioner. repackager agent. or retailer is responsible for causing a seed to be placed in the market in Sri Lanka:"seed lot" means a definite quantity of seed identified by a lot number, every portion or bag of which is uniform. within permitted tolerance, for the factors which appear on the label; and "variety" means a plant grouping within a single tax on of the lowest rank including transgenies which can be distinctly differentiated from another of the same kind by at least one characteristic recongnizable with the naked eye and is sufficiently uniform and stable after repeated propagation. |
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