(1) This Act may be called the Madhya Pradesh Phal-Paudh Ropani (Viniyaman) Adhiniyam, 2010.
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Madhya Pradesh.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, appoint.
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) “competent authority” means a competent authority appointed under section 3;
(b)‘‘fruit-plant” means any plant which can produce edible fruit or nuts, and includes budwood, seedlings, grafts, layers, seeds, bulbs, suckers, rhizomes and cuttings of any such plant;
(c)fruit-plant nursery’? means any place where fruit plants are in the regular course of business propagated and sold for transplantation;
(d)“owner” in relation to a fruit-plant nursery means the person who, or the authority which, has the ultimate control over the affairs of such fruit-plant nursery; and where the said affairs are entrusted to a manager, managing director or managing agent, such manager, managing director or managing agent shall be deemed to be the owner of the fruit-plant nursery;
(e)‘prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(f)“rootstock” means a fruit-plant or part thereof on which any portion of a fruit-plant has been grafted or budded;
(g)“scion” means portion of a fruit-plant which is grafted or budded on to a rootstock.
3. The State Government may, by notification in the officeial Gazette,—
(a) appoint such persons, being Gazetted officers of the State Government, as it thinks fit to be competent authorities for the purposes of this Act, and
(b) define the limits within which a competent authority shall exercise the powers conferred and perform the duties imposed on him, by or under this Act.
4. No owner of a fruit-plant nursery shall, after the expiry of six months from the date of commencement of this Act or from the date on which he first becomes owner of such nursery, whichever is later, conduct or carry on the business of the fruit-plant nursery, except under and in accordance with a licence obtained by him under the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder.
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Explanation.— Where an owner has more than one fruit-plant nursery, whether in the same town or village or in different towns or villages, he shall obtain a separate licence in respect of each such fruit-plant nursery.