law: The Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act, 2001
  Registry
  12. Registry and
  
  offices thereof.-
  1.  The
  
  Central Government shall establish, for the purposes of this Act, a Registry
  
  which shall be known as the Plant Varieties Registry.
  2.  The
  
  head office of the Plant Varieties Registry shall be located in the head office
  
  of the Authority, and for the purpose of facilitating the registration of
  
  varieties, there may be established, at such places, as the Authority may think
  
  fit, branch offices of the Registry.
  3.  The
  
  Authority shall appoint a Registrar-General of Plant Varieties who shall be
  
  entitled to such salary and allowances and shall be subject to such conditions
  
  of service in respect of leave, pension, provident fund and such other matters
  
  as may be pr scribed.
  4.    The
  
  Authority may appoint such number of Registrars as it thinks necessary for
  
  registration of plant varieties under the superintendence and direction of the
  
  Registrar-General under this Act and may make regulations with respect to their
  
  duties and jurisdiction.
  5. The
  
  term of office and the conditions of service of the Registrars shall be such as
  
  may be provided by regulations.
  6. 
  
    The
  
  Authority may, by notification in the Official Gazette, define the territorial
  
  limits within which a branch office of the Registry may exercise its functions.
  
  
  7. 
  
  
  
    There
  
  shall be a seal of the Plant Varieties Registry.