Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers Rights Act,2001
Section 43. Authorisation of farmers’ variety
Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (6) of Section 23 and Section 28, where an essentially derived variety is derived from a farmers’ variety, the authorisation under sub-section (2) of Section 28 shall not be given by the breeder of such farmers’ variety except with the consent of the fanners or group of fanners or community of farmers who have made contribution in the preservation or development of such variety.