1936] SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS ^97 
Section 1. The ordinance may be cited as "The Plants Protection Ordinance, 
1&97." 
Sec. 2. Prohibits the introduction of coffee plants and uncured berries 
(Coffca spp.) from Ceylon, Mauritius, Reunion, Fiji, southern India, Sumatra, 
Java, and Natal, to prevent the introduction of the coffee berry borer 
(Stephanoderes (coffeac) hampei Hagedorn and other injurious insects and 
diseases. 
Sec 3. (1) The Governor may, by proclamation, prohibit either absolutely or 
conditionally the importation into the Presidency of any plants, seeds, berries, 
earth, soil, or other article or thing packed therewith, or any goods, packages, 
covering, or other articles or things which there shall be reason to believe to 
be affected with disease, or which may have come either directly or indirectly 
from any country or place named in such proclamation, or which in his judg- 
ment, may be likely to communicate disease to plants. 
(2) Any proclamation under this ordinance may be varied or revoked by the 
like authority. 
Sec 4. Any person contravening section 2 of this ordinance or any proclama- 
tion published thereunder shall be liable on summary conviction to a penalty 
not exceeding £20. 
Sec 5. Every article or thing imported into the Presidency in contravention 
of this ordinance or of any proclamation thereunder may be seized by any 
treasury or revenue officer or by any member of the Leeward Islands police 
force and shall be forfeited, and may be destroyed or otherwise dealt with as 
the Governor may direct. 
Proclamation of December 27, 1935, Prohibiting the Importation of Certain 
Plants and Plant Products 
This proclamation prohibits absolutely the importation into the Presidency 
of the Virgin Islands of the articles mentioned in the first schedule, and 
prohibits conditionally the entry of those named in the second schedule. 
first schedule 
Importation Absolutely Prohibited 
Banana fruits (Musa spp.) : Importation prohibited from all countries except 
Barbados and the other islands of the Leeward Islands Colony (Anguilla, 
Antigua, Barbuda, Dominica, Montserrat, Nevis, Redonda, and St. Kitts), to 
prevent the introduction of the Panama wilt disease (Fusarium cubense 
E. F. Sm.). 
Lime fruits (Citrus aurantifolia Swingle) : Importation prohibited from 
Bahamas, Bermuda, British Guiana, St. Lucia, Trinidad, and all other coun- 
tries except the other islands of the British West Indies not mentioned in this 
paragraph, to prevent the introduction of withertip disease (Collctotrichum 
gloeosporioides Penz.). 
All other fruits except plantains, nuts, dried, canned, candied, or other 
processed fruits : Importation prohibited from Bahamas, Bermuda, British 
Guiana, and all other countries except the British Isles, Canada, the British 
West Indies. Virgin Islands, United States of America, and the United States 
of America, to prevent the introduction of the Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis 
capitata Wied.). 
All vegetables except onions, potatoes, canned or processed vegetables: 
Importation prohibited from Bahamas, Bermuda, British Guiana, and all other 
countries except the British Isles, Canada, and the British West Indies, to 
prevent the introduction of the Mediterranean fruit fly (Cera Wis capitata 
Wied.). 
Soil : Importation prohibited from the same sources as in the preceding 
paragraph, to prevent the introduction of injurious soil fungi and insects. 
SECOND SCHEDULE 
Importation Conditionally Prohibited 
Sugarcane, sugarcane seedlings, and plants and all parts of the sugarcane 
(Saccharum officinalis L.) : Importation prohibited from all countries except 
