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(7) The consignment shall be inspected at the port of entry by an inspector 
of the Office of Agricultural Protection. If found free from pests or diseases, it 
may be introduced into the country ; if, on the contrary, it is found to be 
infested, its entry will not be authorized, unless disinfection be deemed a suffi- 
cient safeguard, in which case the shipment will be subjected to such treatment: 
Art. 48. Applications for import permits may be made by telegraph and shall 
indicate the name and address of the exporter; the country and locality of 
origin of the shipment ; the port of embarkation or port where the consular 
invoice was issued and the port through which it is intended to import the 
shipment ; its quantity and the name and address of the consignee. 
Art. 49. An application for permit being duly approved, the permit will be 
issued in quadruplicate, one copy being delivered to the applicant for presenta- 
tion on requesting entry at the respective customhouse; another will be sent to 
the latter, the (bird will be for the inspector, and the fourth will be transmitted 
to the shipper. 
The period of validity will be indicated in each permit. 
Art. 50. Permits granted will be canceled when any of the following circum- 
stances are determined : 
(a) When the certificate does not correctly indicate the locality in which the 
merchandise was produced. 
(o) When the freedom of the shipment with respect to 1 lie diseases or pests 
referred to is not as certified. 
Furthermore, in this case, new permits will not be issued for the importation 
of the same product from the country concerned. 
(c) When the containers or wrappers have previously been used for agri- 
cultural products. 
(d) When the permittee does not comply with the objections imposed by these 
regulations or furnishes false data. 
Art. 51. All expenses for storage, transportation, fumigation, or disinfection 
and labor incidental to inspection at the port of destination, except the services 
of the inspector, will be borne by the consignee. 
Arts. 52, 53, 54. Administrative details. 
Art. 55. Mexican consuls abroad, commercial and agricultural attaches, and 
fiscal agents are required to inform the Secretaria de Agricultura of agricul- 
tural pests or diseases which may appear in countries in which they are 
stationed. 
Chapter VI, articles 56 to 59. On the exportation of agricultural plants and 
plant products. 
Chapter VII, articles 60 to 73. General provisions. 
Art. 60. The provisions of the laws and of the present regulations will be 
applicable — 
(a) To all plants, parts thereof or their products, which are attacked by 
diseases, insects, or other parasites known to be injurious to agriculture in what- 
ever biological stage. 
(b) To live insects, harmful to plants, in whatever biological stage. 
(c) To cultures of bacteria, fungi, and other agents injurious to plants. 
(d) To all articles and things that may serve as vehicles of pests or diseases 
dangerous to agriculture. 
Art. 61. The designation of pests or diseases, as well as the determination of 
the various articles indicated in the previous regulation, may be effected by 
special Executive decree, also determining at the same time the procedure to be 
adopted for prevention and control, in which case the respective declaration 
will be subject to conditions prescribed in each instance by these regulations. 
Art. 62. Plants and plant products intended for food, industrial, or medicinal 
purposes or for ornamentation are subject to the restrictions established by the 
Secretaria de Agricultura only when it is established or believed that they are 
vehicles of pests or diseases harmful to agriculture. 
Arts. 63 to 73. Miscellaneous provisions. 
Chapter VIII, articles 74 to 85. Penalties. 
AUTHORIZED MEXICAN PORTS OF ENTRY 
On the northern frontier : Mexicali, Baja California ; Nogales, Sonora : 
Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua : Piedras Negras, Coahuila : Nuevo Laredo and Mata- 
moros, Tamaulipas. On the Gulf coast: Tampico, Tamaulipas ; Veracruz and 
Puerto Mexico, Veracruz; Frontera, Tabasco; Progreso, Yucatan. On the Pacific 
coast: Guaymas and Yavaros, Sonora; Topolobampo and Mazatlan, Sinaloa; 
