conditions, or prohibit the importation of any particular variety or class of seed into Zambia and may from time to time, by regulation, amend or revoke any such regulation. (2) Any regulation made under subsection (1) may include any particular variety or class of prescribed seed. (3) In this Act, "restricted seed" means any seed the importation of which is, by virtue of a regulation made by the Minister under this section, for the time being restricted, limited, subject to condition or prohibited. 40. (1) Any person who, without a permit from the Minister as provided by section forty-one, imports any restricted seed into Zambia in contravention of any regulation made by the Minister under section thirty-nine, shall be guilty of an offence. Prohibition against importation of restricted seed (2) Upon conviction of any person of an offence under this section, the court may, at the request of the prosecution, and in addition to any other penalty imposed, declare any such imported restricted seed found in the possession or under the control of the defendant to be forfeited, or may order it to be destroyed, without compensation, or may both declare it to be so forfeited and order it to be so destroyed, without compensation. 41. (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of any regulation made under section thirty-nine, the Minister may, at any time and as often as he deems it expedient, permit the importation into Zambia of any specific restricted seed, or of any specific variety or class of restricted seed. (2) Any permit granted under subsection (1) shall be in writing, and may be subject to any conditions which the Minister may deem fit to impose. (3) Where, under the provisions of this section, the Minister permits the importation of any restricted seed which is also prescribed seed, the provisions of this Act applicable to the importation, testing, sale and disposal of prescribed seed shall apply thereto as if the said prescribed seed had not been restricted seed under this Act. Power of Minister to permit importation of restricted seed