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2 GEORGE V.,' A. 1912 



THE DESTRUCTIVE INSECT AND PEST ACT. 



AN ACT TO PREVENT THE INTRODUCTION OR SPREADING OF INSECTS., PESTS AND DISEASES 



DESTRUCTIVE TO VEGETATION. 



(9-10 Edward VII., Chap. 31, assented to May 4, 1910.) 



His Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of 

 Commons of Canada, enacts as follows : — 



1. This Act may be cited as The Destructive Insect and Pest Act. 



2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, ' the Minister ' means the 

 ' Minister of Agriculture.' 



3. The Governor in Council may make such regulations as are deemed expedient 

 to prevent the introduction or admission into Canada, or the spreading therein, of any 

 insect, pest or disease destructive to vegetation. 



4. Such regulations may provide : — 



(a) for the prohibition generally, or from any particular country or place, of the 

 introduction or admission into Canada of any vegetable or other matter likely to intro- 

 duce any such insect, pest or disease; 



(&) the terms or conditions upon, and the places at which any such vegetable or 

 other matter may be introduced or admitted into Canada; 



(c) for the treatment and manner of treatment to be given to any vegetation, 

 vegetable matter or premises in order to prevent the spreading of any such insect, pest 

 or disease, and may prescribe whether such treatment shall be given by the owner or by 

 a person appointed for such purpose; 



(d) for the destruction of any crop, tree, bush or other vegetation or vegetable 

 matter or containers thereof infested or suspected to be infested with any such insect, 

 pest or disease; 



(e) for the granting of compensation for any such crop, tree, bush or other vege- 

 tation or containers thereof so destroyed, such compensation not to exceed two-thirds 

 of the value of the matter so destroyed and to be granted only by the Governor in 

 Council upon the recommendation of the Minister. 



(f) for the prohibition of the sale of any vegetable matter infected with any such 

 insect, pest or disease; 



(g) that the occupier of the premises on which is discovered any such insect, pest 

 or disease shall forthwith notify the Minister and shall also send specimens of any 

 such insect, pest or disease; . 



(h) for the confiscation of any vegetable matter and the container thereof, if 

 any, in respect of which a breach of this Act, or any regulation made thereunder is 

 committed and generally for any other purpose which may be deemed expedient for 

 carrying out this Act, whether such other regulations are of the kind enumerated in 

 this section or not. 



5. The Minister may appoint inspectors and other officers for carrying out this 

 Act and the regulations thereunder. 



2. Such appointments, if not confirmed by the Governor in Council within thirty 

 . days of the date thereof, shall lapse and cease to be valid. 



6. Any inspector or other officer so appointed may enter any place or premises 

 in which he has reason to believe there exists any such insect, pest or disease, and may 

 take specimens thereof and also any vegetable matter infested or suspected of being 

 infested therewith. 



7. The Minister, upon the report of any inspector setting forth a reasonable belief 

 of the existence of any such insect, pest or disease in any area defined in such report, 

 may prohibit the removal from such area or the movement therein of any vegetation. 



