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Title 7 — Agriculture

Part E · Chapter 57 — Plant Variety Protection

§ 2424. Death or incapacity of breeder

Statutory text

Legal representatives of deceased breeders and of those under legal incapacity may make application for plant variety protection upon compliance with the requirements and on the same terms and conditions applicable to the breeder or the successor in interest of the breeder.

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. Pub. L. 91–577 title II § 54 · 84 Stat. 1542

    Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 2424

    Pub. L. 91–577, title II, § 54, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1548

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 91–577, title II, § 54, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1548

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 54. Death or Incapacity of Breeder. Legal representatives of deceased breeders and of those under legal incapacity may make application for plant variety protection upon compliance with the requirements and on the same terms and conditions applicable to the breeder or his successor in interest.

  2. Plant Variety Protection Act Amendments of 1994

    Pub. L. 103–349 § 13(h) · 108 Stat. 3136

    Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 2424

    Pub. L. 103–349 substituted “the successor in interest of the breeder” for “his successor in interest”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 103–349 substituted “the successor in interest of the breeder” for “his successor in interest”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (h) Section 54 (7 U.S.C. 2424) is amended by striking “his successor in interest” and inserting “the successor in interest of the breeder”

    Effective date note
    Amendment by Pub. L. 103–349 effective 180 days after Oct. 6, 1994, see section 15 of Pub. L. 103–349, set out as a note under section 2401 of this title.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1994—Pub. L. 103–349 substituted “the successor in interest of the breeder” for “his successor in interest”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 103–349 effective 180 days after , see section 15 of Pub. L. 103–349, set out as a note under section 2401 of this title.

Credits

1970–1994 · 2 acts
  1. 1970Pub. L. 91–577, title II, § 54, , 84 Stat. 1548
  2. 1994Pub. L. 103–349, § 13(h), , 108 Stat. 3143.
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(Pub. L. 91–577, title II, § 54, , 84 Stat. 1548; Pub. L. 103–349, § 13(h), , 108 Stat. 3143.)

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