Plant Variety Protection and Seed Act (Act No. 83 of 1998).

The purpose of this Act is to promote the breeding of plant varieties and the rational distribution of propagating material by providing for a system relating to the registration of plant varieties for the protection of new plant varieties and regulations relating to the indication of designated seeds, so as to contribute to the development of agriculture, forestry and fisheries. The text consists of 75 articles divided into 4 chapters as follows: General provisions (I); Variety registration system (II); Designated seeds (III); Penal provisions (IV).