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vegetable or other matter which, in his opinion, is likely to result in the spread of such 

 insect, pest or disease. 



8. Every person who contravenes any provision of this Act, or any regulation 

 made thereunder, shall be liable, upon summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding one 

 hundred dollars, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both 

 fine and imprisonment. Any vegetable or other matter imported or brought into 

 Canada contrary to this Act, or to any regulation made thereunder, shall be forfeited 

 to the Crown. 



9. Every Order-in-Council and regulation made under this Act shall be publisbed 

 in The Canada Gazette, and shall be laid, by the Minister, before Parliament within 

 fifteen days after the commencement of the then next session. 



10. The San Jose Scale Act is repealed. 



Regulations issued under the Destructive Insect and Pest Act. 



(By Order-in-Council of February 27, 1911). 



1. ' Inspector ' means a person appointed for carrying out the provisions of the 

 Destructive Insect and Pest Act and the regulations made thereunder. 



2. No tree, plant or other vegetation or vegetable matter infested with any of the 

 insects, pests or diseases to which this Act applies, shall be imported into Canada, 

 except as hereinafter provided. 



3. Nursery stock, including all trees, shrubs, plants, vines, grafts, scions, cuttings 

 or buds which are not hereinafter exempted, entering Canada shall be imported only 

 through the ports and during the periods respectively hereinafter mentioned, that is 

 to say: — ■ 



Vancouver, B.C., from October 1 to May 1. 



Niagara Falls, Ont., from October 1 to May 15. 



Winnipeg, Man., and St. John, N.B., from March 15 to May 15, and from October 

 7 to December 7. 



Windsor, Ont., and St. Johns, P.Q., from March 15 to May 15, and from Septem-' 

 ber 26 to December 7. 



At these points of entry, the importations shall be fumigated in the fumigation 

 houses provided for that purpose, and a certificate of fumigation will be issued, without 

 which no stock may be taken out of bond. 



Importations by mail shall be subject to the same regulations. 



All nursery stock originating in Japan or in any one of the states of Vermont, 

 New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island, six of the 

 United States of America, shall, after fumigation, be subject to inspection as provided 

 by section 6 of these regulations. 



Provided, however, that the following vegetation and florist's stock shall be exempt 

 from fumigation and may be imported at any season of the year and through any port 

 without inspection: — 



(a) Greenhouse-grown plants, including roses in foliage which have been grown 

 in pots up to three inches in diameter but not larger. A certificate that the plants 

 have been grown under glass must accompany the invoice and shall be signed by the 

 consignor. 



(o) Herbaceous perennials (the stems of which die down in winter) such as 

 perennial phlox, pa?onies, sunflowers, etc. 



(c) Herbaceous bedding plants (such as geraniums, verbenas, pansics, etc.) 



(d) Bulbs and tubers (such as hyacinths, lilies, narcissi and other true bulbs 

 and also the tubers of dahlias, irises, etc.). 



(e) Cottonwood or Necklace Poplar (Populus deltoides) when shipped from and 

 grown in Dakota or Minnesota, two or the United States of America. 



