Chapter IV Chapter IV

Establishment of Aqua-culture Seed Laboratory

1. (1) The Government may, by notification establish one State level and one or more Regional Aqua-culture Seed Laboratories or declare any seed laboratory as an Aqua-culture Seed Laboratory where analysis of seeds of any notified kind or variety shall be carried out by Seed Analysts under this Act in the prescribed manner and to carry out any other functions entrusted to it by or under this Act.
2. (2) such laboratories referred to under sub-section
3. (1) shall also act as nodal labs for control and harmonisation of laboratories established in the private sector.