(1) The Seed Analyst shall, as soon as may be, after the receipt of seed the sample from the Seed Inspector, analyse the sample at the State Seed Testing Laboratory and furnish a report on the result of the analysis to the Seed Inspector.
(2) The Laboratory to which a sample has been sent by a Seed Inspector for analysis shall send the analysis report to the concerned Seed Inspector within thirty days from the date of receipt of the sample to the Laboratory.
(3) The Seed Inspector may, on the basis of the report of the Seed Analyst under sub-section (1), institute proceedings for the prosecution of the producer or vendor, as the case may be, of the said seed.
(4) After institution of prosecution under this Act, the accused vendor or the complainant, as the case may be, on payment of the prescribed fee, may make an application to the Court, for sending any of the sample retained with the Seed Inspector or vendor to any of the Referral Seed Testing Laboratory prescribed under section 6 of the Act, for the analysis. The Court shall first ascertain that the mark or seal or fastening, as prescribed is intact. On receipt of the application, the Court may dispatch the sample under its own seal to any of the Referral Seed Testing Laboratory specified for the purpose, which shall, thereupon, within a period of thirty days from the date of receipt of sample, send its report to the Court, in the prescribed form.
(5) The report sent by the Referral Seed Testing Laboratory under sub-section (4) shall supersede the report given by the Seed Analyst under sub-section (1).