§ 2542. Grandfather clause

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. 1970

   Pub. L. 91–577 title III § 112 · 84 Stat. 1542

   Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 2542

   Pub. L. 91–577, title III, § 112, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1555

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 91–577, title III, § 112, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1555

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 112. Grandfather Clause. Nothing in this Act shall abridge the right of any person, or his successor in interest, to reproduce or sell a variety developed and produced by such person more than one year prior to the effective filing date of an adverse application for a certificate of plant variety protection.

2. 1994

   Plant Variety Protection Act Amendments of 1994

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

   Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 2542

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

   Source evidence

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

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (r) Section 112 (7 U.S.C. 2542) is amended by striking “his successor in interest” and inserting “the successor in interest of the person”.

   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.

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