1936] 
SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 39 
DEFINITIONS 
Sec. 2. "Plant" includes tree, shrub, and any other vegetable growth, as also 
any part thereof. 
"Declared plant" includes cocoa (Thcobroma cacao L.), cotton (Gossypium 
spp.), and rubber (Hevea spp.) plants, as also any other plant which may be 
declared under section 3 to be a declared plant ; 
"Injurious pest" includes any disease, pest, fungus, parasite, insect, or animal, 
declared under section 3 to be an injurious pest ; 
"Prescribed port of entry" includes the ports of Accra and Seccondee, as also 
any other port declared under section 3 to be a prescribed port of entry. 
POWER OF GOVERNOR TO DECLARE PLANTS 
Sec. 3. It shall be lawful for the Governor by order under his hand : 
(1) To declare any plant to be a "declared plant" ; 
(2) To declare any disease, pest, fungus, parasite, insect, or animal, to be an 
injurious pest; 
(3) To declare any port of the Colony to be a "prescribed port of entry" ; 
(4) To prescribe any treatment of an injurious pest and any treatment or 
destruction of a declared plant to be a "prescribed treatment", for the purposes 
of this ordinance. 
ENTRY TO BE MADE AT A PRESCRIBED PORT 
Sec. 4. No person shall import into the Colony any declared plant except at a 
prescribed port of entry, namely, Accra and Seccondee. 
RESTRICTED MATERIALS 
Sec. 5. ( 1 ) No person shall import into the Colony any of the following articles 
or materials except under license of the Director of Agriculture : 
(a) Declared plants; 
(6) Wrappings, cases, packages, or other coverings which contain or have 
contained declared plants ; 
(c) Soil or earth ; 
(d) Wrappings, cases, packages, or other covering which contain or have 
contained soil or earth ; 
(e) Any article or material of whatever kind packed with such soil or plant. 
Paragraphs 2 and 3 relate to the character of licenses and authorize the 
seizure of shipments imported contrary to the regulations. 
Secs. 6 to 14. Insular administration of the ordinance, penalties, etc. 
GOVERNOR EMPOWERED TO MAKE REGULATIONS 
Sec. 15. It shall be lawful for the Governor in council to make regulations for 
the further, better, or more convenient effectuation of any of the provisions or 
purposes of this ordinance. 
PENALTIES IMPOSED FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE PLANT 
QUARANTINE ACT 
According to reports received by the Bureau during the period January 1 to 
March 31, 1936, penalties have recently been imposed by the proper Federal 
authorities for violations of the Plant Quarantine Act, as follows : 
QUARANTINES AFFECTING MEXICAN PRODUCTS 
In the case of the United States versus the persons listed below, for attempting 
to smuggle in contraband plant material, the penalties indicated were imposed by 
the United States customs officials at the following ports : 
