Section 17: Restriction on export and import of seeds of notified kinds or varieties

No person shall, for the purpose of showing or planting by any person (including himself), export or import or cause to be exported or imported any seed of any notified kind or variety, unless—

(a) it conforms to the minimum limits of germination and purity specified for that seed under clause (a) of section 6; and

(b) its container bears, in the prescribed manner, the mark or label with the correct particulars thereof specified for that seed under clause (b) of section 6.

Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in), the consolidated text published by the Legislative Department, Government of India. Text as updated on India Code on 15 October 2026. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.

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