1937] 
SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 
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CONDITIONS OF ENTllY 
Such an importation is to be undertaken only in the following manner : 
AUTHORIZED PORT OF ENTRY 
By sea, through the port of Swettenham, whether such plants have been 
transshipped in the waters of the colony or brought direct from a place outside 
the Malay Peninsula, or — 
By parcel post addressed to the consignee, care the Adviser on Agriculture, 
Federated Malay States, or the Chief Agricultural Field Officer, Federated 
Malay States. 
WRITTEN AUTHORIZxVTION NECESSARY 
Such an importation is permitted only in accordance with the written author- 
ization of the Adviser on Agriculture or of the Chief Agricultural Field Officer 
of the Federated Malay States. This authorization must be procured before 
the plants concerned are shipped from the country of origin. 
PHYTOSANITARY CERTIFICATE REQUIRED 
Such a i)laut or shipment of plants must be accompanied by a certificate 
signed by an officer of the department of agriculture of the country of 
origin or by some other competent person previously approved by the adviser 
on agriculture, Federated Malay States, not more than 14 days prior to the 
date of shipment, certifying that such plants or shipment had been inspected 
by the certifying officer and, to the best of his knowledge and belief, are free 
from any pest or disease. One copy of the certificate shall be sent direct to 
the importer in the Federated Malay States and handed by him or his 
representative to the superintendent of customs and excise in the port of 
Swettenham ; another copy shall be sent to the chief agricultural field officer. 
Federated Malay States. 
INSPECTION ON ARRIVAL 
Every such plant or consignment of plants shall be inspected on arrival at 
Port Swettenham by the chief agricultural field officer, Federated Malay States, 
or the State agricultural officer, Selangor, who shall have power, at his dis- 
cretion, to deliver it to the importer or to order that, at the expense of the 
importer, it be quarantined in his own charge for such a period as he may 
think fit, and to submit the plant or plants, and the packages, cases, pots, or 
coverings in w^hich the same may be packed, to such treatment as he may 
consider necessary for the destruction of any pests, or to order the destruction 
of such plant or plants and of the packages, cases, pots, or coverings in which 
the same may be packed. 
Any further considerations may be imposed that the adviser on agriculure, 
Federated Malay States, thinks fit. 
ENTRY MAY BE REFUSED IN ABSENCE OF CERTIFICATE 
If the written authorization and certificate mentioned above are not pre- 
sented to the superintendent of customs at Port Swettenham, he may prohibit 
the landing of such plants or consignments of plants. 
After presentation of the authorization and certificate, the superintendent 
of customs and excise in Port Swettenham will permit the landing of such 
plants or consignments of plants, and shall detain them in his charge and 
forthwith inform the chief agricultural field officer. Federated Malay States, 
or the State agricultural officer, Selangor, of the landing. 
PENALTIES IMPOSED FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE PLANT QUARANTINE 
ACT 
According to reports received by the Bureau during the period July 1 
to September 30, 1937, penalties have recently been imposed by the proper 
Federal authorities for violations of the Plant Quarantine Act. as follows: 
