Seeds Act, 1966
16. Report of Seed Analyst
(1) The Seed Analyst shall, as soon as may be
after the receipt of the sample under sub-section (2) of section 15, analyze the
sample at the State Seed Laboratory and deliver, in such form as may be
prescribed, one copy of the report of the result of the analysis to the Seed
Inspector and another copy thereof to the person from whom the sample has been
taken.
(2) After the institution of a prosecution
under this Act, the accused vendor or the complainant may, on payment of the
prescribed fee, make an application to the court for sending any of the samples
mentioned in clause (a) or clause (c) of sub-section (2) of section 15 to the
Central Seed Laboratory for its report and on receipt of the application, the
court shall first ascertain that the mark and the seal or fastening as provided
in clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 15 are intact and may then dispatch
the sample under its own seal to the Central Seed Laboratory which shall
thereupon send its report to the court in the prescribed form within one month
from the date of receipt of the sample, specifying the result of the analysis.
(3) The report sent by the Central Seed Laboratory
under sub-section (2) shall supersede the report given by the Seed Analyst
under sub-section (1).
(4) Where the report sent by the Central Seed
Laboratory under sub-section (2) is produced in any proceedings under section
19, it shall not be necessary in such proceedings to produce any sample .or.
part thereof taken for analysis.