Section 12: Seed certification

(1) Any person who sells, keeps for sale, offers to sell, barters or otherwise supplies any seed of any notified kind or variety shall apply to the Unit for the grant of a certification for the purpose.
(2) Every application under subsection (1) of this section shall be in such form and contain such particulars and fees as may be prescribed by the Unit.
(3) On receipt of an application for the grant of a certification, the Unit may, after making such enquiry as it thinks fit and after satisfying itself that the seed to which the application relates is a progeny of a pedigree seed and conforms to the field and laboratory standards for the seed under this Act, grant a certificate in such form and on such conditions as may be prescribed.