(3) Any person who fails to comply with the provisions of subsection (2) shall be guilty of an offence. (As amended by Act No. 21 of 1995) 9. (1) Any person registered under this Act as a registered seed importer or a registered seed cleaner, as the case may be, may apply to the Certifying Authority, in the form prescribed, for a renewal of his registration. (2) Any application for renewal of any registration under this Act must be made to the Certifying Authority not more than three months and not less than one month before the expiry of such registration. The Certifying Authority may, at any time, extend the time herein prescribed for making such application for renewal of registration. (3) Any such application for renewal of registration shall be accompanied by the fee prescribed. (4) In the event of the death of the person registered under this Act as a registered seed importer or a registered seed cleaner within six months before the date of expiry of such registration, the Certifying Authority shall extend the time herein prescribed for making an application for renewal of such registration to a date not more than six months from the date of the death of the person so registered. (5) In the event of an extension of time for the making of an application for renewal having been granted by the Certifying Authority under any provision of this section and the time granted extends beyond the date of expiry of the registration, the said registration shall be deemed for all of the purposes of this Act to have been extended to the date to which the said extension of time extends: Provided, however, that upon renewal of such registration being granted the renewed registration shall relate back to the date of the expiry of the former registration, and the duration of the renewed registration shall be calculated from that date. (As amended by Act No. 21 of 1995) Renewal of registration