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THE PLANT PROTECTION ORDINANCE. 



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I'mnshraent. 



Kegulationa. 



(b) Refuses or neglects to comply with or acts in contravention of 



any of the provisions of this Ordinance or the terms of any 

 proclamation issued thereunder or any regulations made or 

 any order given in pursuance thereof respectively ; or 



(c) Introduces any disease or pest into any cultivation, unless he 



proves to the satisfaction of the Magistrate that such 

 introduction was accidental and not due to neglect or malice. 



21. If any person is guilty of an offence against this Ordinance he 

 shall for every such offence be liable on summary conviction before a 

 Magistrate to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds. This liability shall 

 be in addition to the liability for civil claims which may be made 

 against such person. 



22. The Governor in Executive Council may make regulations for all 

 or any of the following purposes, namely : — 



(a) For regulating or prohibiting the removal from any nursery, 

 inspection ground, plantation or place or the transference or 

 conveyance from any part of the Colony to any other part 

 thereof of any trees, shrubs or herbs, soil, manure, straw or 

 packing material ; 



{b) For securing the detention and examination of any tree, shrub 

 or herb and of any soil, manure, straw or packing material, 

 which is suspected to be diseased or pest-infested and of 

 boxes, baskets, pots, packages and cases which are suspected 

 to contain or to have contained diseased or pest-infested 

 trees, shrubs or herbs or to harbour or to be infected by disease 

 or infested with pest ; 



(c) For securing the effectual treatment of diseased trees, shrubs 

 and herbs and the effectual eradication of diseases and pests, 

 and for the supply of chemicals, appliances and other means 

 whereby such treatment or eradication may be facilitated ; 



{(1) For defining the duties of inspectors and of the Chief Inspector 

 under this Ordinance ; 



(e) For regulating the work to be done in inspection grounds ; 



(/■) For regulating the manner in which requests are to be made 

 by occupiers to the Chief Inspector ; and 



(g) Generally for carrying into effect the provisions of this 

 Ordinance. 



23. The production of a copy of the Royal Gazette containing a copy Evidence, 

 of any proclamation purporting to be made under this Ordinance shall 



be prima, facie evidence in all Courts and for all purposes whatever of 

 the due making and tenor of such proclamation. 



24. The Plant Protection Ordinance, 1911, the Plant Protection Reijeal. 

 (Amendment) Ordinance, 1916, and the Plant Protection (Amendment) Ordinances 

 Ordinance, 1917 are hereby repealed. P-1916 



. 5-1917! 



