144 BEPOKT OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SECTION 



Contents Section : 



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(()) Director to have powers of inspector. 



(7) (i) Occupiers to eradicate proclaimed diseases. 



(ii) Occupiers and sheikhs to report proclaimed diseases. 



(8) (i) Power of entry and inspection. 



(ii) Procedure when disease is discovered. 



(iii) Action Ijy inspector at owners' expense. 



(iv) Inspector may treat or destroy diseased articles. 



(v) Detention in quarantine. 



(9) (i) Seizure of articles introduced contrary to regulations. 

 (ii) Co-operation by postal and customs officials. 



(10) Cost of disinfection, etc. 



(11) Notices : how delivered. 



(12) Immediate destruction of plants infected with proclaimed disease. 



(13) Offences under the Ordinance. 



{n) Distribution of infected articles. 



(i) Distribution of articles introduced contrary to regulation. 



(c) Breach of any regulation. 



{d) Failure to fulfil obligations. 



(14) Penalties. 



(15) Trial of offences. 



(16) Pees. 



(17) Issue of regulations. 



(a) Notice of importation. 

 (6) Method of examination. 

 (c) Method of treatment. 

 {A) Use of old packages, 

 (e) Fees. 

 (/) Other matters. 



(18) Protection of pubUc servants. 



(19) Government not to be liable for loss or damage. 

 Schedule I. Proclaimed diseases. 



Schedule II. Fees. 



Sec. 10 provides for the cost of disinfection and other treatment of the plants, etc. 



Sec. 11 provides for the service of notices. 



Sec. 12 authorises the immediate destruction of plants infected with proclaimed 

 diseases. 



Sections 13, 14 and 15 define offences and penalties and how offences may be tried. 



Sec. 16 imposes fees by means of a reference to a schedule. 



Sec. 17 provides for the issue of regulations. 



Sections 18 and 19 protect public servants and the Government against liability 

 for action taken under the Ordinance. 



The Plants Diseases Ordinance, 1910 

 An Ordinance for preventing the introduction of insect pests and plant diseases from 



places without the Sudan and providing for the control or eradication of insect pests and 



plant diseases within the Sudan. 



It is hereby enacted by the Governor-General of the Sudan in Council as follows : — 



, Shoet Title and Commencement 



1. (i) This Ordinance may be cited as the Plants Diseases Ordinance, 1910. 

 (ii) It shall come into force on such date as the Governor-General in Council shall 

 by order prescribe. 



