8Q BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [Jan.-March 
permission previously obtained of tlie director of ngriciiltnre, provided that 
the director of a. uri culture, or the director, Colombo Museum, nvay make such 
importations as may be required for scientific investigations. 
IMPORTATION PROHIIUTED 
Art. 3. No person shall land or import: 
1. Seeds or plants of Herca spp. from the Western Hemisphere under any cir- 
cumstances, and from the Eastern Hemisphere, except under permit in writing 
from the director of agriculture, previously obtained. 
2. Tea seed (Thea sinensis L.) directly or indirectly from any place in India. 
3. Coconut plants (Cocos 'unci f era L.). 
4. Coconuts in husk except through the port of Colombo. 
IlSrPORTATIONS SUBJECT TO INSPECTION OR DISINFECTION 
Art. 4. (1) The following imports shall, before passing out of customs, be 
dealt with as prescribed below : 
(a) All living plants, tubers, roots, bulbs, or portions thereof (except 
potatoes, onions, ginger, turmeric, and culinary seeds and vegetables imported 
for consumption), together with the packages, cases, pots, or coverings in which 
they may be packed. 
(6) All coconuts in husks. 
(c) All citrus fruits. 
(d) Cottonseeds (Gossypium spp.). 
PHYTOSANITARY CERTIFICATE EEQUIRED 
(2) Each importation of plants, otherwise than by mail, from a country 
with recognized inspection service, shall be accompanied by a certificate issued 
after inspection, and not more than 14 days prior to date of shipment, by a 
duly authorized official of the country of export, aflBrming freedom of the 
plants from pests or disease. Such certificate must be produced to the customs 
oflacer at the port of entry. 
(3) A copy certificate must be affixed to each mail package, but the original 
need not be produced to the customs officer. 
(4) The certificate shall be transmitted by the customs officer to the inspector 
in charge of the Colombo Fumigatorium. 
INSPECTION AUTHORIZED 
(5) The inspector in charge of the Colombo Fumigatorium may open and 
examine the contents of any consignment or package imported or believed to 
have been imported, notwithstanding the fact that the consignment may be 
accompanied by, or the package may have attached thereto, the duly authorized 
copy certificate. 
(6) In the case of the importation of plants from a country where no 
recognized service of plant inspection is maintained, and in the case of a 
consignment of plants which is not accompanied by copy certificates as above 
mentioned, or of a package of plants imported by mail to which a copy cer- 
tificate is not attached, the plants before passing out of the customs shall be 
subjected to inspection at the fumigatorium. Whenever possible, mail pack- 
ages should be packed in wooden boxes. 
A close lookout will be kept for the following pests: Cotton boll weevil 
( Anthonotnns grmidis Boh.), Mediterranean fruitfly (Ceratitis eapitata Wied.), 
European corn borer {Pyrausta nuhilalis Hbn.), and the Japanese beetle 
(Popillio japonira Newm.). 
INFESTED PLANTS DISINFECTED OR DESTROYED 
(7) Any imported plants which on inspection are found to be unhealthy or 
attacked by any pest or disease shall be subjected to fumigation or disinfection 
as may be deemed necessary by the inspector. 
(8) Any imported plants which in the judgment of the inspector cannot be 
cleaned by fumigation or other treatment shall, with the packing and package, 
be destroyed at the expense of the consignee. 
