Section 32, Sierra Leone Seed Certification Agency Regulations, 2018.

(1) An applicant for variety release shall deposit anauthentic sample of the variety with the Agency which shall form the living description of the variety. (2) The parent lines of a variety for which certification is compulsory shall be made available to the Agency for the purpose of distinctness, uniformity and stability testing and familiarisation by the Agency. (3) In the case of hybrids, testing shall include seed production technology. (4) A variety shall present certain advantages in terms of agricultural or produce value over released varieties. (5) A variety which has met the requirements shall not be considered for release unless it has also met the distinctness, uniformity and stability test requirements.