2/ The court shall order the revocation of the plant breeders' right in question, if any of the grounds specified in Article 23(1) of this Proclamation is proved to exist by the counter claim. 3/ Where the court orders the revocation of the plant breeders' right, the defendant shall serve the copy of the court order to the Ministry. Upon receiving the court order, the Ministry shall register the revocation of the plant breeders' right and give public notice of the revocation. PART FIVE FARMERS' RIGHT 27. Principle Farmers' Right stem from the enormous contibutions that local farmers have made and will contiune to make in the consersvation and sustainable use of plant gentitic resources that constitute the basis of breeding for food and agricultural production. 28. Farmers' Right 1/ In relation to the use of plant varities, farmers shall have the following rights: a) to save, use, exchange and sell farm-saved seed or propagating material of farmers' varieties; b) to use protected varieties including material obtained from gene banks or plant genetic resource centres to develop farmers' varieties; c) to save, use, multply, exchange and sell farm-saved seed or propagating material of protected varieties. 2/ Notwithstanding the provisions of Sub-Article (1) of this Article, farmers may not sell farm-saved seed or propagating material of a protected variety in the seed industry as a certified seed. PART SIX MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 29. Penalty Any person who infringes a plant breeders' right shall, in addition to the confiscation of the seed or propagating material of the protected variety which is the proceed of the infringement, be punished with imprisonment not exceeding three years or a fine up to five thousand Birr or with both such imprisonment and fine. 30. Appeals A party who is aggrieved of a decision on the granting, refusal, revocation or restriction of a plant breeders' right may lodge an appeal to the federal high court within sixty days from the date of receipt of the decision.

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