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Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers-rights Act, 2001 Section 71

Title: Penalty for Selling Varieties to Which False Denomination is Applied, Etc.

State: Central

Year: 2001

.....in which such variety was made or produced or the name and address of the breeder of such variety registered under this Act has been falsely made, shall, unless he proves-- (a) that having taken all reasonable precautions against committing an offence against this section, he had at the time of commission of the alleged offence no reason to suspect the genuineness of the denomination of such variety or that any offence had been committed in respect of indication of the country or place in which such variety registered under this Act, was made or produced or the name and address of the breeder of such variety; (b) that, on demand by or on behalf of the prosecutor, he gave all the information in his possession with respect to the person from whom he obtained such variety; or (c) that otherwise he had acted innocently, be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months but which may extend to two years, or with fine which shall not be less than fifty thousand rupees but which may extend to five lakh rupees, or with both.

Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers-rights Act, 2001 Chapter X

Title: Infringement, Offences, Penalties and Procedure

State: Central

Year: 2001

.....74 - No offence in certain cases The provisions of this Act relating to offences shall be subject to the right created as recognised by this Act and no act or omission shall be deemed to be an offence under the provisions of this Act if such act or omission is permissible under this Act. Section 75 - Exemption of certain persons employed in ordinary course of business Where a person accused of an offence under this Act proves that in the ordinary course of his employment, he has acted without any intention to commit the offence and having taken all reasonable precautions against committing the offence charged, he had, at the time of the commission of the alleged offence, no reason to suspect the genuineness of the act so charged as an offence and on demand made by or on behalf of the prosecutor, he gave all the information in his possession with respect to the persons on whose behalf the offence was committed, he shall be acquitted. Section 76 - Procedure where invalidity of registration is pleaded by the accused (1) Where the offence charged under this Act is in relation to a variety or its propagating material or essentially derived variety or its propagating.....

Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Amdndment) Act, 2001 Section 6

Title: Substitution of New Sections for Sections 15 to 18

State: Central

Year: 2001

.....to prepared opium. Whoever, in contravention of any provision of this Act or any rule or order made or condition of licence granted thereunder, manufactures, possesses, sells, purchases, transports, imports inter-State, exports inter-State or uses prepared opium shall be punishable, -- (a) where the contravention involves small quantity, with rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees, or with both; or (b) where the contravention involves quantity lesser than commercial quantity but greater than small quantity, with rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years, and with fine which may extend to one lakh rupees; or (c) where the contravention involves commercial quantity, with rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than ten years but which may extend to twenty years, and shall also be liable to fine which shall not be less than one lakh rupees but which may extend to two lakh rupees: Provided that the court may, for reasons to be recorded in the judgment, impose a fine exceeding two lakh rupees. 18. Punishment of contravention in relation to opium poppy and.....

Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers-rights Act, 2001 Chapter IV

Title: Duration and Effect of Registration and Benefit Sharing

State: Central

Year: 2001

.....of application for registration and decision taken by the Authority on such application. (6) The certificate of registration issued under this section or sub-section (8) of section 23 shall be valid for nine years in the case of trees and vines and six years in the case of other crops and may be reviewed and renewed for the remaining period on payment of such fees as may be fixed by the rules made in this behalf subject to the condition that the total period of validity shall not exceed,-- (i) in the case of trees and vines, eighteen years from the date of registration of the variety; (ii) in the case of extant variety, fifteen years from the date of the notification of that variety by the Central Government under section 5 of the Seeds Act, 1966; and (iii) in other cases, fifteen years from the date of registration of the variety. Section 25 - Publication of list of varieties The Authority shall, within such intervals as it thinks appropriate, publish the list of varieties which have been registered during that interval. Section 26 - Determination of benefit sharing by Authority (1) On receipt of copy of the certificate of registration under sub-section (8).....

Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers-rights Act, 2001 Section 28

Title: Registration to Confer Right

State: Central

Year: 2001

.....with the prescribed fees to the Registrar to register his title and the Registrar shall, on receipt of application and on proof of title to his satisfaction, register him as an agent or a licensee, as the case may be, in respect of the variety for which he is entitled for such right, and shall cause particulars of such entitlement and conditions or restrictions, if any, subject to which such entitlement is made, to be entered in the Register: Provided that when the validity of such entitlement is in dispute between the parties, the Registrar may refuse to register the entitlement and refer the matter in the prescribed manner to the Authority and withhold the registration of such entitlement until the right of the parties in dispute so referred to has been determined by the Authority. (5) The Registrar shall issue a certificate of registration under sub-section (4) to the applicant after such registration and shall enter in the certificate the brief conditions of entitlement, if any, in the prescribed manner, and such certificate shall be the conclusive proof of such entitlement and the conditions or restrictions thereof, if any. (6) Subject to any agreement subsisting.....

The Delhi Protection of Interests of Depositors Act, 2001 Complete Act

State: Delhi

Year: 2001

.....In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires.- a. "Assistant Collector" means an officer appointed as such under the Delhi Land Revenue Act, 1954 (Act 12 of 1954). b. "Competent Authority" means the Authority appointed under section 5' c. "Delhi" means the National Capital Territory of Delhi. d. includes and shall be deemed always to have included any receipt of money or acceptance of any valuable commodity by any financial establishment to be returned after a specified period or otherwise, either in cash or in kind or in the form of a specified service with or with out any benefit in the form of interest, bonus, profit or in any other form, but does not include- i. (i) amount raised by way of share capital or by way of debenture, bond or any other instrument covered under the guidelines given, and regulations made, by the SEBI, established under the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (15 of 1992); ii. amounts contributed as capital by partners of a firm; iii. amounts received from a scheduled bank or a co-operative bank or any other banking company as defined in clause (c) of section 5 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, (10 of 1949); .....

The Code of Criminal Procedure (Orissa Amendment) Act, 2001 Complete Act

State: Orissa

Year: 2001

.....that the above powers shall not be in derogation of the powers otherwise exercisable by an Additional Sessions Judge or a Sessions Judge under this Code " Section 3 - Amendment of First Schedule In the First Schedule to the Principal Act, for the existing entries relating to Sections 272, 273, 274, 275 and 276 the following entries shall respectively be substituted, namely : Section Offence Punishment Cognizable or non-cognizable Bailable or non-bailable By what Court triable 1 2 3 4 5 6 272. Adulterating food or drink intended for sale, so as to make the same noxious. Imprisonment for life, and fine. Cognizable Non-bailable Court of Session. 273. Selling any food or drink as food and drink, knowing the same to be noxious. Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto 274. Adulterating any drug or medical preparation intended for sale so as to lessen its efficacy, or to change its operation, or to make it noxious. Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto 275. Offering for sale or issuing from a dispensary any drug or medical preparation known to have been adulterated. .....

Finance Act, 2001 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 2001

FINANCE ACT, 2001 FINANCE ACT, 2001 14 of 2001 An Act to give effect to the financial proposals of the Central Government for the financial year 2001-2002 BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-second Year of the Repub of India as follows :" SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE AND COMMENCEMENT (1) This Act may be called theFinance Act, 2001-. (2) Save as otherwise provided in this Act,section 2-toSection 101-shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of April, 2001. SECTION 02: INCOME-TAX (1) Subject to the provisions of sub-sections (2) and (3), for the assessment year commencing on the 1st day of April, 2001, income-tax shall be charged at the rates specified in Part I of the First Schedule and such tax as reduced by the rebate of income-tax calculated underChapter 8A of the Income-tax Act, 1961-(43 of 1961) (hereinafter referred to as the Income-tax Act) shall be increased," (a) in the cases to which Paragraphs A, B, C and D of that Part apply, by a surcharge for purposes of the Union; and (b) in the cases to which Paragraph E of that Part applies, by a surcharge, calculated in each case in the manner provided therein. (2) In the cases to which Paragraph A of.....

Karnataka Prohibition of Smoking and Protection of Health of Non-smokers Act, 2001 Section 3

Title: Prohibition of Smoking, Advertisement, Sale and Storage of Smoking Substances

State: Karnataka

Year: 2001

No person shall,- (1) engage in smoking in any place of public work or use, where smoking is prohibited and such prohibition is displayed or conveyed through any audio or visual medium, or in any Public Service Vehicle. (2) notwithstanding anything contrary contained in any other law advertise in any place of Public Work or use or in any Public Service Vehicle to promote smoking or the sale of cigarettes and beedies: Provided that this clause shall not apply in relation to,- (a) an advertisement of cigarettes or beedies in or on a package containing cigarettes or beedies; (b) advertisement of cigarettes or beedies which is displayed at the entrance or inside a warehouse or a shop where cigarettes or beedies are offered for distribution or sale. (3) sell cigarettes, beedis or any other smoking substance to any person who is below the age of eighteen years; (4) himself or by any person on his behalf, store, sell or distribute cigarettes or beedis or any other smoking substance within the premises of any Hospital, Health Institution, Public Office, Court, Library, College, School or other Educational Institution and Place of worship.

Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Amdndment) Act, 2001 Section 8

Title: Substitution of New Sections for Sections 21 to 23

State: Central

Year: 2001

.....21 to 23 of the principal Act, the following sections shall be substituted namely: -- "21. Punishment for contravention in relation to manufactured drugs and preparations. Whoever, in contravention of any provision of this Act or any rule or order made or condition of licence granted thereunder, manufactures, possesses, sells, purchases, transports, imports inter-State, exports inter-State or uses any manufactured drug or any preparation containing any manufactured drug shall be punishable,-- (a) where the contravention involves small quantity, with rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees, or with both; (b) where the contravention involves quantity, lesser than commercial quantity but greater than small quantity, with rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years, and with fine which may extend to one lakh rupees; (c) where the contravention involves commercial quantity, with rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than ten years but which may extend to twenty years, and shall also be liable to fine which shall not be less than one lakh rupees but which.....