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carrying the same on board, apply for inspection t> the Plant Inspection Office, 
according to the written Form No. I hereto attached, except in case of the plants 
in question being carried by passenger, in which case the person concerned may 
make verbal application for inspection to the Plant Inspection Officials or to the 
Custom Officials in case of the formers’ absence. i 
Article III 
Every person who exports from Japan Proper to a foreign country plants 
that are applicable to class 2 of the foregoing Article I, shall not later than ten 
days before the sailing of the vessel which is to carry the same, be required to 
make an application for the inspection to the Plant Inspection Office, according 
to the written Form No. 2 hereto attached; but the application made later than 
the period specified above might be received by the Office. 
Article IV 
When a Plant Inspection Official makes the inspection according to the 
provision of the Article II of the Plant Quarantine Law, he shall notify as to the 
same beforehand to the owner of the article in question or to the person in 
charge thereof, except in case where an urgency is required, in which case said 
notice may be omitted. 
Article V 
Every person who desires to receive the permission mentioned in the Article 
III of the Plant Quarantine Law, shall present an application, through the Plant 
Inspection Office, to the Minister of Agriculture and Commerce according to the 
written Form No. 3 hereto attached. 
Article VI 
Importation from a foreign country and transportation from other parts of 
the Japanese Empire into Japan Proper, of plant diseases or injurious insects 
through ordinary mail are forbidden. 
Every person who receives any mail matter in contrary to the provision of 
the foregoing paragraph, shall be required to notify the fact, without delay, to 
the Plant Inspection Office deliverying at the same time the mail matter in 
question to the Office. 
Article VII 
Every person who imports plant diseases or injurious insects from a foreign 
country or transports the same from other parts of the Japanese Empire into Japan 
Proper shall be required, without delay, after arrival of the vessel carrying said 
articles on board, to make an application for inspection to the Plant Inspec- 
tion Office, according to the written Form No. 4 hereto attached. 
If in. above-stated case the Plant Inspection Officials demand the permit 
