law: The Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act, 2001
  20. Acceptance of
  
  application or amendment thereof.-
  1.  On
  
  receipt of an application under section 14, the Registrar may, after making
  
  such inquiry as he thinks fit with respect to the particulars contained in such
  
  application, accept the application absolutely or subject to such conditions or
  
  limitations as he deems fit.
  2.  Where
  
  the Registrar is satisfied that the application does not comply with the
  
  requirements of this Act or any rules or regulations made there under, he may,
  
  either-
  a.   require the applicant
  
  to amend the application to his satisfaction; or
  b.   reject the
  
  application: Provided that no application shall be rejected unless the
  
  applicant has been given a reasonable opportunity of presenting his case.