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(3) In case of concealment or false declaration, the violators are subject to 
the confiscation of the products, in addition to other penalties provided by law. 
Art. 9. The requirements of the preceding articles having been met, the tech- 
nical official of the Plant Protection Service will proceed to inspect the imported 
products, authorizing their release on confirmation of compliance with the 
provisions of articles 1 and 2. 
Live plants and plant products which rapidly deteriorate will have precedence 
in inspection on arrival. 
DISPOSAL OF PROHIBITED PLANT MATERIAL 
Art. 10. On inspection upon arrival, if it be found that the plants or parts of 
plants are included in the prohibition of articles 1 and 2, they will be at once put 
under the supervision of the Plant Protection Service in a place indicated by 
that Service. 
(1) Such products will be reembarked within 15 days, and if not exported 
within that period, they will be disinfected or destroyed. 
(2) The expense involved by the requirements of this article shall be borne 
by the interested person without right of indemnity. 
(3) If injurious pests or diseases, or those which are easily distributed, 
are concerned, the Plant Protection Service will immediately seize and destroy 
the condemned products. 
(4) The disinfection, removal, and destruction of condemned products will 
be effected by the Plant Protection Service or, in ports where that Service 
is not represented, by the customs. 
CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH DISINFECTION IS REQUIRED 
Art. 11. Imported plant products, infected or infested with fungi, insects, 
or other parasites, or even suspected of being carriers of such parasites, which 
already exist or are distributed in Brazil and are regarded as of secondary 
importance, may be released after being disinfected or sterilized in accordance 
with conditions prescribed by the Ministry of Agriculture. 
If the infection or infestation referred to in this article is of great intensity, 
the plants or parts of plants will be subject to the provisions of article 10. 
PLANTS FROM SUSPECTED COUNTRIES TO BE HELD IN QUARANTINE 
Art. 12. Plants or parts of plants from suspected countries or localities, or 
whose sanitary condition on arrival is doubtful, may be planted in quarantine 
in an official establishment, or in a place offering the necessary guaranties, in the 
judgment of the Plant Protection Service, which will keep them under super- 
vision and will not permit their removal without previous authorization. 
Art. 13. The Ministry of Agriculture will determine, by Order, which plant 
products intended for food, manufacturing, medicinal, or ornamental purposes, 
whose unrestricted entry into Brazil does not constitute a menace to the national 
cultures, may be exempted from some or all of the requirements of the present 
regulations. 
DEFECTIVE CERTIFICATE INVOLVES BOND 
Art. 14. For errors or imperfections in the phytosanitary certificates required 
by these regulations for the importation of plants or parts of plants, the importer 
may be allowed, at the discretion of the Ministry of Agriculture, to give a bond 
of responsibility and cash security under conditions to be fixed later and within 
a predetermined period and certified accordingly. 
(1) The permission referred to in this article will be granted only for prod- 
ucts which do not fall within the provisions of article 1 or within measures 
of exclusion in force. 
(2) The conditions and fees required for the concession referred to in this 
article will be regulated by special orders. 
Art. 15. Penalties. 
Special Quarantines 
The special quarantines of the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture were codified 
by the Resolution of November 19, 1934, as follows : 
