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The.day on which the present Law goes into effect, shall be fixed by an 
Imperjal-Ordinance. But the provisions of the Article VII and the penal 
regulations applicable thereto may be enforced previous to the day on which all 
the provisions of the present Law are made effective. 
THE DATE OF ENFORCEMENT OF THE PLANT 
QUARANTINE LAW. 
(Imperial Ordinance No. 219, issued on October 6th, 1914.) 
The Plant Quarantine Law shall take effect on and after the First day of 
November, the 3rd year of the Taisho (1914). 
REGULATIONS UNDER THE PLANT 
QUARANTINE LAW. 
(Department Ordinance No. 27, issued on October 13th, 1914.) 
- Article I 
The plants that are required to be inspected according to the provision of 
the Article I of the Plant Quarantine Law, shall be of the following classes, 
to wit:— 
t. Plants to be imported from a foreign country or to be transported from 
other, parts of the Japanese Empire into Japan Proper, that are applicable to any 
one of the undermentioned categories : 
a. Plants or any of their parts for.the purpose of planting or cultivation. 
b. Seeds, underground stems or roots for the purpose of propagation. 
c. Fruits of citrus trees. 
d. Potatoes. 
2. Plants that are to be exported to the United States of America from 
Japan Proper, on which the government of the former country requires certificates 
of inspection issued by the proper authorities of the country of exportation as to 
their importation into the United States. 
. Article II 
Every person who imports from a foreign country or transports from other 
parts of the Japanese Empire into Japan Proper, plants that are applicable to 
Class l.of the foregoing Article, shall, without delay, after arrival of the vessel 
