Section 9: Prosecution

(1) No prosecution for an offence against this Act shall be commenced except with the consent of the Director of the Federal Department of Agricultural Research.
(2) Nothing in this section shall prevent the institution of proceedings for an offence against this Act by or in the name of the Attorney-General of the Federation in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in any case in which he thinks it proper that proceedings should be so instituted.
[Cap. C23.]