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by the provisions of the Plant Quarantine Law, shail report as to the fact to 
the Plant Inspéction Office. 
The inspection of the mail matters referred’ to in the preceding paragraph 
shall be done in the presence of the Post Office authorities. 
Article XIII 
The provision of the 2nd paragraph of the Article VII shall apply to the 
addressee in case of importation of plant diseases or injurious insects from 
a foreign country, and'also in case of transportation of the same from other parts 
of the Japanese Empire into Japan Proper through Parcel Post. 
Article XIV 
Every person wno imports plants from a foreign country or transports the 
same from other parts of the Japanese Empire into Japan Proper, which are 
certified by the authorities at their source of exportation or transportation to 
the effect that such plants are not infected by plant diseases or injurious insects, 
shall report as to the fact to the Plant Inspection Office ; and in this case the pro- 
vision of the Article II shall apply. 
Plants having been certified as in the case mentioned in the preceding 
paragraph, might be excluded from the inspection required in connection with 
their importation from a foreign country, or transportation from other parts of 
the Japanese Empiré into Japan Proper. 
The provision of the Atticle VIII and of the Article IX shalf apply in 
case of the Plant Inspection Officials deem the inspection to be necessary. 
Article XV 
If from the result of the inspection the Plant Inspection Officials find articles 
in question to be safe from the view-point of supervision, they shall put on them 
the tags or the stamps prescribed in the Official Form No. 6 in case of importaion 
of plants from a foreign country or transportation of the same from other parts 
of the J apanese Empire into Japan Proper, and they shall issue certificates 
prescribed in the Official Form No. 7 in case of exportation of plants from 
Japan Proper to a foreign country. 
When the Plant Inspection Officials omit plants from the inspection in 
accordance with the provision of the 2nd paragraph of the preceding Article, 
they shall put on them tlie tags or the stamps prescribed in the Official Form 
No. 8 
. Article XVI 
If in case the Plant Inspection Officials should caiise plaht3 or other articles 
‘to Be eithét burned, buried or damaged corisidetably, ot they should prohibit 
‘thelr iinbortation from a foreign country of their trdhsportdtion froth other 
