(1) No order under rule or sub-rule (2) of rule 8 shall be passed unless the licensee has been given an opportunity of being heard after furnishing him with a copy of grounds on which action is proposed to be taken.
(2) A copy of the final orders passed by the competent authority shall be sent to the licensee by registered post.
10. Issue of duplicate licence. [Section 7.] - (1) If a licence granted to any person is lost, destroyed, mutilated or damaged, the competent authority shall, on application and payment of a fee two rupees by the licensee, issue a duplicate licence.
(2) The fee for the issue of duplicate shall be deposited in accordance with the provisions of sub-rule (1) of rule 3.
11. Additions and alterations in licence. [Sections 4 and 19(1)] - If at any time during the currency of the licence the licensee desires to undertake propagation of fruit plants other than those mentioned in the licence, he shall make an application to the competent authority specifying therein the fruit plants sought to be propagated. The competent authority may after satisfying himself that the applicant is competent to undertake the propagation of fruit plants specified in the application, make the necessary additions and alterations in the licence.
12. Maintenance and preservation of certain records and registers. [Section (9)(2)(d)] - The licensee shall -
(1) maintain a register in Form V indicating source or origin of every rootstock or scion used for propagation and number of plants raised;
(2) maintain a complete record of the sale of fruit plants in a sale register in Form VI;
and issue a sale receipt to the buyer in Form VII;
(3) maintain an inspection register in Form VII, which shall be made available for recording of remarks, to competent authority or any person not below the rank of an Agriculture Inspector, duly authorised to conduct an inspection by the competent authority; and
(4) preserve all records referred to in sub-rules (1), (2) and (3) for a period of not less than five years.