246 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [July-Sept. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, COLONY AND PROTECTORATE OF 
NIGERIA (INCLUDING THE CAMEROONS UNDER BRITISH MANDATE) 
Basic Legislation 
[Importation of Plants Regulation Ordinance, December 12, 1935] 
This ordinance empowers the governor in council to make regulations to pro- 
hibit, restrict, or regulate the importation into Nigeria of plants, seeds, soil, 
manure, containers, straw, and other packing material or any other similar 
goods or things. 
To prescribe the conditions under which the products referred to in the pre- 
ceding paragraph may be imported into Nigeria, and the places at which they 
may be imported when not imported by mail. 
To provide for their detention and examination and for their destruction 
when found to be infected with any plant disease or pest or for their treatment. 
DEFINITIONS 
"Plant" includes everything in the nature of a plant and the fruit, leaves, 
cuttings, bark, or any part thereof whatsoever, whether living or dead, severed 
or attached, but does not include seed, unless specifically mentioned, nor manu- 
factured products of plants nor anything mentioned in this definition that has 
been cooked. 
"Pest" means any insect or other invertebrate animal that may be injurious 
to agricultural or horticultural crops. 
"Plant disease" means any disease caused by fungus, bacterium, virus, or 
other organism that may be injurious to agricultural or horticultural crops. 
Regulations Made Under the Importation of Plants Regulation Ordinance 
No. 29, January 13, 1936 
Applicable to the colony and protectorate, including the Cameroons under 
British mandate. 
authorized ports of entry 
Regulation 3. No person shall import or cause to be imported into Nigeria 
any plant or seed except by mail or through the following ports of entry, 
namely, Lagos, Forcados, Sapele, Koko Town, Warri, Bonny, Opobo, Degema, 
Calabar, Port Harcourt, Burnt u, Victoria, Tiko. 
importation prohieited 
Reg. 4. The following plants, produce, and seeds shall not be imported into 
Nigeria : 
(a) Plants in soil other than special rooting compost, 
(&) Plants of cocoa (Theobrorna cacao) from Central America, South Aiaer- 
ica, and the West Indies. 
(c) All plants other than cocoa from Central America, South America, and the 
West Indies, and other countries in which witches' -broom disease of cocoa is 
known to occur which are specified by the governor by a notice in the Gazette, 
except plants required for and imported by the Agricultural Department for 
scientific purposes. 
id) All coconuts in husk from Central America, South America, and the 
West Indies. 
(e) All coffee berries unless accompanied by a certificate of freedom from 
mealy pod disease (Trachijsijhaera fructigcna Tabor and Bunting) issued by 
the government agricultural authority of the country of export. 
(f) All cotton.seed except seed free from lint. 
inspection may be required 
Rf/;. 5. Provides for the inspection of any plant or seed (except seeds, bulbs, 
tubers, or corms of vegetables or ornamental plants from temperate coun- 
tries or dry hulled rice, coffee, or pulses for consumption) and any accompany- 
ing container brought to Nigeria by steamer, mail, or other channel, before 
delivery to the consignee, and for the disposal of such plant material in 
accordance with the findings, e. g., relea.se to the con.><igiiee, disinfection, or 
de.struction. 
