5. If the Central Government, after consultation with the committee, is of opinion that it is necessary or expedient to regulate the quality of seed of any kind or variety to be sold for purposes of agriculture, it may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare such kind or variety to be a notified kind or variety for the purposes of the Act and different kinds or varieties may be notified for different States or for different areas thereof.
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Section 1 · Short title, extent and commencementSection 2 · DefinitionsSection 3 · Central Seed CommitteeSection 4 · Central Seed Laboratory and State Seed LaboratorySection 6 · Power to specify minimum limits of germination and purity, etc.Section 7 · Regulation of sale of seeds of notified kinds or varietiesSection 8 · Certification agencySection 8A · The Central Seed Certification BoardIndia Code, Government of India. Text fetched 15 Oct 2026. Source metadata reports last modification: 2025-04-09. Check the linked official text and subsequent notifications when applying a provision.