The Plant Variety and Plant Seed Act Article 3

The terms as used in this Act are defined as follows:1. "Variety" means a plant grouping within a botanical taxon of the lowest rank that expresses its characteristics through a single genotype or a certain combination of genotypes and, can be distinguished by at least one characteristic from any other plant grouping while remaining unchanged in its main characteristics when undergoing a designated method of propagation.2. "Transgenic technology" means the transfer of an exogenous gene into a plant cell using technologies such as genetic engineering or molecular biology to cause a gene recombination phenomenon so that the plant expresses the characteristic of the exogenous gene. Such technology, however, shall not include traditional hybridization, mutation, in vitro fertilization, cell and protoplast fusion wherein the cell and protoplast are within the same family of plant taxonomy, somatic mutation, or chromosome doubling.3. "Transgenic plant" means a plant or seed that is obtained by means of transgenic technology, as well as the progeny derived from such plant or seed.4. "Breeder" means a person who breeds, or discovers and develops varieties.5. "Plant seed" means an entire plant, or any part thereof, that is ready for propagating or planting.6. "Plant seed enterprise" means the enterprise that is engaged in the business of breeding, propagation, importation, exportation, or sale of plant seeds.7. "Sale" means the act of selling at a fixed price, or bartering.8. "Promotion" means the act of introducing or providing plant seeds for others to use.