# 1 Short title, extend and commencement
(1) This Act may be called the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers Rights Act, 2001.
(2) It extends to the whole of India.
(3) It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint; and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision.
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1. 11th November, 2005, ss. 2 to 13 (both inclusive) and ss. 95, 96 and 97, <i>vide</i> notification No. S.O. 1588(E), dated 11th November, 2005, <i>see</i> Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3<i>(ii)</i>.
19th October, 2006, s. 1 and ss. 14 to 94 (both inclusive) <i>vide</i> notification No. S.O. 1797(E), dated 19th October, 2006, <i>see</i> Gazette of India Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3<i>(ii)</i>.
