§ 1611. Illegal sales of uncertified seed

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1939

   Plant Variety Protection Act

   Pub. L. 91–577 title III § 142(a) · 84 Stat. 1542

   Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 1611

   Aug. 9, 1939, ch. 615, title V, § 501, as added Pub. L. 91–577, title III, § 142(a), Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1558

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Aug. 9, 1939, ch. 615, title V, § 501, as added Pub. L. 91–577, title III, § 142(a), Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1558

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) By adding at the end thereof: “TITLE V— SALE OF UNCERTIFIED SEED OF PROTECTED VARIETY “Section 501. “(a) It shall be unlawful in the United States or in interstate or foreign commerce to sell by variety name seed not certified by an official seed certifying agency when it is a variety for which a certificate of plant variety protection under the Plant Variety Protection Act specifies sale only as a class of certified seed: Provided, That seed from a certified lot may be labeled as to variety name when used in a mixture by, or with the approval of, the owner of the variety.”

2. 1981

   Agriculture and Food Act of 1981

   Pub. L. 97–98 title XI § 1118 · 95 Stat. 1213

   1. Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 1611

      Pub. L. 97–98 substituted “sell or offer for sale or advertise, by variety name, seed” for “sell by variety name seed”

   2. Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 1611

      Pub. L. 97–98 substituted “certifying agency, when” for “certifying agency when”

   3. Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 1611

      Pub. L. 97–98 substituted “owners of the variety” for “owner of the variety”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 97–98 substituted “sell or offer for sale or advertise, by variety name, seed” for “sell by variety name seed”, “certifying agency, when” for “certifying agency when”, and “owners of the variety” for “owner of the variety”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 1118. unlawful to offer for sale or advertise protected seed when not certified by a state agency Section 501 of the Federal Seed Act (7 U.S.C. 1611) is amended to read as follows: “Sec. 501. It shall be unlawful in the United States or in interstate or foreign commerce to sell or offer for sale or advertise, by variety name, seed not certified by an official seed certifying agency, when it is a variety for which a certificate of plant variety protection under 7 USC 2321 note. the Plant Variety Protection Act specifies sale only as a class of certified seed: Provided, That seed from a certified lot may be labeled as to variety name when used in a mixture by, or with the approval of, the owners of the variety.”.

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 97–98 effective Dec. 22, 1981, see section 1801 of Pub. L. 97–98, set out as an Effective Date note under section 4301 of this title.

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