registered seed cleaner, as the case may be, until the registration of
another person as such, the person actually carrying on the business of
the said deceased shall be deemed to be the registered seed importer or
registered seed cleaner, as the case may be, for the purposes of so much
of this Act as relates to things to be done in the course of carrying on the
said business, and for the purpose of notices required by this Act to be
given to the registered seed importer or registered seed cleaner, as the
case may be, and the service of such notices.
(2) Where a registered seed importer or registered seed cleaner, as the
case may be (in this subsection referred to as the transferor), transfers on
sale or otherwise the business carried on by him in respect of which he is
so registered under this Act to another person (in this subsection referred
to as the transferee), the following provisions shall have effect:
(a)
the transferee shall (subject to the provisions of this section) be
entitled, on application to the Certifying Authority in the form and
manner prescribed, and on satisfying the Certifying Authority that he
has become the proprietor of the said business, to be registered as
registered seed importer or registered seed cleaner, as the case may be,
in respect of the said transferred business;
(b)
until the transferee is so registered, the transferor shall,
notwithstanding the said transfer, continue to be, for all of the purposes
of this Act, the registered seed importer or the registered seed cleaner, as
the case may be.
(3) Where an application is made to the Certifying Authority under this
section for the registration of a person (in this subsection referred to as
the applicant) as a registered seed importer or registered seed cleaner, as
the case may be, the following provisions shall apply:
(a)
where the applicant is the personal representative of a deceased
registered seed importer or of a deceased registered seed cleaner, as the
case may be, and is applying under subsection (1) for registration solely
in his capacity as such personal representative, and the application is
duly made in accordance with the said subsection, the Certifying
Authority shall not refuse the application;
(b)
in every other case it shall be lawful for the Certifying Authority,
if it so thinks proper, to refuse the application on the ground that the
applicant was previously registered under this Act, and while he was so