Definitions.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (1) “Agronomic Performance” means distinguishable agronomic qualitative and quantitative characteristics of any cotton seed variety considered for evaluation of performance as claimed by the producer on label; (2) “Controller” means the Cotton Seed Controller appointed by the Government under section 3; (3) “Cotton Seed” means cotton seed of any variety and includes transgenic and genetically modified cotton seed varieties used for sowing; (4) “Farmer” means any person who raises cotton crops either by cultivating the land by himself or through any other person but shall not include persons, companies, traders, dealers who engage in the commercial procurement and sale of seeds; (5) “Government” means the State Government; (6) “Misbranded” the seed shall be deemed to be misbranded,- (i) if it is a substitute for or resembles in a manner likely to deceive, another variety of seed under the name of which it is sold, and is not plainly and conspicuously labelled so as to indicate its true nature; (ii) if it is falsely stated to be the produce of any place or Country; (iii) if it is sold by a name which belongs to another kind or variety of seed; (iv) if false claims are made for it upon the label or otherwise; (v) if, when sold in a package which has been sealed or prepared by or at the instance, of the dealer and which bears his name and address, the contents of each package are not conspicuously and correctly stated on the outside thereof within the limits of variability prescribed under this Act; (vi) if the package containing it or the label on the package bears any statement, design or device regarding the quality of cotton seed contained therein, which is false or misleading in any material particular or if the package is otherwise deceptive with respect of its contents; (vii) if it is not registered in the manner required by or under this Act; or (viii) if its label does not contain a warning or caution which may be necessary, and sufficient, if complied with, to prevent risk to human beings or animals; or (ix) if the package containing it or the label on the package bears the name of a fictitious individual or company as the dealer of the kind or variety; or (x) if it is not labelled in accordance with the requirements of this Act or rules made thereunder; (7) “notification” means a notification published in the Telangana Gazette and the word ‘notified’ shall be construed accordingly; (8) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (9) “producer” means a person, group of persons, firm or company or organisation who grows or organises the production of cotton seed; (10) “spurious seed” means that which is not genuine or true to its type; (11) “State” means the State of Telangana; (12) “State Referral Seed Testing Laboratory” means a laboratory established or declared as notified by the State; (13) “substandard” means cotton seed which does not meet the prescribed seed standards for the cotton seed; (14) “Transgenic variety” means seed or planting material synthesized or developed by modifying or altering the genetic composition by means of genetic engineering; (15) “Variety” means a plant grouping except micro organism within a single botanical tax on of the lowest known rank, which can be,- (i) defined by the expression of the characteristics resulting from a given genotype of that plant grouping; (ii) distinguished from any other plant grouping by expression of atleast one of the said characteristics; and (iii) considered as a unit with regard to its suitability for being propagated, which remains unchanged after such propagation and includes propagating material of such variety, extant variety, transgenic variety, farmers' variety and essentially derived variety; (16) The words and expressions used in this Act but not defined shall have the same meaning assigned to them in the Seeds Act, 1966, the Essential Commodities Act, 1955, the Seeds Control Order, 1983, issued thereunder and the Environmental Protection Act, 1986.