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Criminal liability for non-compliance or misuse of variety denomination

Cap. 255, s. 45 · Revised Edition 2020

(1) Any person who wilfully offers for sale or markets propagating material of a variety protected in Belize or a denomination likely to cause confusion therewith, or another variety of the same botanical or a related species commits an offence and is liable to a fine of not less than five thousand dollars but not more than fifteen thousand dollars. (2) Any person who wilfully makes use of the registered variety denomination of a variety protected in Belize or a denomination likely to cause confusion therewith, or another variety of the same botanical or a related species commits an offence and is liable to a fine of not less than five thousand dollars but not more than fifteen thousand dollars.
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Criminal liability for non-compliance or misuse of variety denomination — Cap. 255 s. 45 · Belize Law