(1) Any owner desiring to obtain a licence referred to in the last preceding section shall make an application in writing to the competent authority in such form and manner, and accompanied by such licence fee as may be prescribed by the State Government from time to time.
(2) On the receipt of such application, the competent authority shall make such inquiry as it considers necessary, and if the competent authority is satisfied—
(a) that the fruit-plant nursery is suitable for the proper propagation of the fruit-plants in respect of which the licence has been applied for;
(b) that the applicant is competent to manage such a fruit-plant nursery;
(c) that the applicant has paid the prescribed licence fee; and
(d) that the applicant fulfils or undertakes to fulfil such other conditions as may be prescribed, being conditions for ensuring the quality of plants to be propagated, and their sale at a reasonable price, the Competent Authority shall grant the licence to the applicant after completion of inspection within one month, and if the competent authority is not so satisfied, it may, after giving a reasonable opportunity to the applicant of being heard and after recording a brief statement of the reasons for refusal, refuse to grant the licence and furnish a copy of such statement to the applicant:
(3) Every licence granted under this section shall be valid for the period specified therein, and may, on an application made to it be renewed from time to time by the competent authority for such period and on payment of such fee, and on such conditions, as may be prescribed, and where the competent authority refuses to renew a licence, it shall record a brief statement of the reasons for such refusal and furnish a copy thereof to the applicant :
Provided that no order refusing to renew a licence shall be made, unless the applicant is given a reasonable apportunity of being heard.
6. Every holder of a licence under this Act shall—
(a) undertake to employ only such varieties of the fruit-plants specified in the licence in respect of scion or rootstock for propagation and sale as may be directed by the competent authority;
(b) keep a complete record of the origin or source of every rootstock and every scion showing—
(i) the botanical name, together with the local name, if any, of the rootstock used;
(ii) the botanical name, together with the local name, if any, of the scion tree employed in raising the fruit-plants;
(c) keep the nursery plots as well as the parent trees used for the propagation of fruitplants free from insects, pests and plant diseases;
(d) undertake to prepare the fruit-plants in such manner as may be directed by the competent authority;
Application for grant and renewal of licence.
Duties of the holder of licence.
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Power to cancel or suspend licences.
Return of licence.
Duplicate licence.
(e) Specify in a conspicuous manner on a label the name of every variety of fruit-plant enclosed in any package intended for sale, its age as determined in the prescribed manner and the name of the rootstock together with that of the scion of every such fruit-plant;
(f) undertake to release for sale or distribution only such fruit-plants as are completely free from any kind of insect, pest or plant disease;
(g) maintain a register in the form specified by the competent authority showing the name of the fruit-plant sold to any person, its age, the name of the root stock and scion and the name and address of the person purchasing it.
7. The State Government may, for the purpose of maintaining the quality of any fruitplants grown in any part of the State or to protect them from injurious insects, pests or plant diseases, by notification in the official Gazette, regulate or prohibit, subject to such restriction and conditions as it may impose, the bringing into, or taking out of the State or any part thereof, otherwise than across the customs frontiers as defined by the Central Government, or the transport within the State, of any fruit-plants of unknown pedigree or affected by any infectious or contagious pests or disease.