Biotechnology, Cell hybridisation, Gene Technology, Genetic engineering and Microorganisms
(i) “Biotechnology” means the application of scientific and engineering principles to the processing of materials by biological agents to produce goods and services;
(ii) “Cell hybridisation” means the formation of live cells with new combinations of genetic material through the fusion of two or more cells by means of methods which do not occur naturally;
(iii) “Gene Technology” means the application of the gene technique called genetic engineering, include self cloning and deletion as well as cell hybridisation;
(iv) “Genetic engineering” means the technique by which heritable material, which does not usually occur or will not occur naturally in the organism or cell concerned, generated outside the organism or the cell is inserted into said cell or organism. It shall also mean the formation of new combinations of genetic material by incorporation of a cell into a host cell, where they occur naturally (self cloning) as well as modification of an organism or in a cell by deletion and removal of parts of the heritable material;
(v) “Microorganisms” shall include all the bacteria, viruses, fungi, mycoplasma, cell lines, algae, protodoans and nematotes indicated in the schedule and those that have not been presently know to exist in the country or not have been discovered so far.
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