10. (1) Where a registered seed importer or a registered seed cleaner, as Devolution and
transfer of
the case may be, dies, the following provisions shall have effect:
business of
registered seed
importer or
registered seed
cleaner
(a)
the death of the registered seed importer or registered seed
cleaner shall not of itself render unlawful the carrying on, during the
period of six months from such death, of the business theretofore carried
on by the said deceased;
(b)
the personal representative of the said deceased or, with the
consent of such personal representative, any other person shall (subject
to the provisions of this section) be entitled, on application to the
Certifying Authority in the form and manner prescribed, to be registered
as registered seed importer or registered seed cleaner, as the case may
be, in respect of the business formerly carried on by the said deceased;
(c)
where the said deceased has been registered under the provisions
of section six, the surviving partner or joint owner, or the nominee of the
surviving partners or joint owners, as the case may be, shall (subject to
the provisions of this section) be entitled, on application to the
Certifying Authority in the form and manner prescribed, to be registered
for the purposes of this Act as the registered seed importer or as the
registered seed cleaner, as the case may be, in respect of the business
formerly registered in the name of the said deceased:
Provided, however, that such registration under this paragraph
shall be provisional only, until such time as the Certifying Authority is
satisfied as to the identity of the person, or persons, actually entitled, in
the events which have happened, to the ownership of the said business;
whereupon the Certifying Authority may(i)
confirm the said provisional registration as full registration, if
the person so provisionally registered is entitled to such full registration
under this Act; or
(ii)
may cancel the said provisional registration and register in lieu
thereof the person entitled to be so registered in respect of the said
business;
(d)
from the death of the said decreased registered seed importer or