1938] SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 7 
tured products of plants, nor any thing. mentioned in this definition that has been 
cooked. 
"Pest" means any insect or other invertebrate animal that may be injurious to 
agricultural or horticultural crops. 
"Plant disease" means any disease caused by fungus, bacterium, virus, or other 
organism that may be injurious to agricultural or horticultural crops. 
Sec. 4. Empowers the governor in council to make regulations for : 
(a) Prohibiting, restricting, or regulating the importation into the Gold Coast 
of plants, seeds, soil, manure, containers, straw, and other packing material or 
any other similar goods or things. 
Regulations 
(No. 25 of May 6, 1936) 
Article 1. These regulations may be cited as the Importation of Plants 
Regulations, 1936. 
PLANT INTERCHANGE SCHEDULE 
Art. 2. (1) In these regulations "The Plant Interchange Schedule" means a 
list of West African countries in respect of which agreements have been made 
with the Government of the Gold Coast concerning the making and enforcement 
in such countries and the Gold Coast of regulations governing the interchange of 
plants and seeds of plants. 
AUTHORIZED PORTS OF ENTRY 
Art. 3. No person shall import or cause to be imported into the Gold Coast any 
plant or seed except by mail or through the following ports of entry : Accra, 
Winneba, Cape Coast, Saltpond, Takoradi. 
IMPORTATION PROHIBITED 
Art. 4. The following plants, produce, and seeds shall not be imported into the 
Gold Coast : 
(a) All plants in soil or in any material of which soil forms a part. 
(&) All plants from Central America, South America, and Trinidad, and other 
countries in which witches'-broom disease of cocoa {Marasmius pcrniciosus) is 
known to occur, which are specified by the Governor by a notice in the Gazette, 
except plants required and imported by the Department of Agriculture for 
scientific purposes. 
(c) All coconuts in husk from Central America, South America, Trinidad and 
Tobago, Grenada, and St. Vincent (West Indies). 
(d) All coffee in cherry unless accompanied by a certificate of freedom from 
mealy pod disease issued by the Government agricultural authority of the 
country of export. 
(e) All cottonseed except such as may be required and imported by the 
Department of Agriculture for scientific purposes. 
PLANTS AND PLANT PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO EXAMINATION 
Art. 5. (1) Any plant or seed, except seeds, bulbs, tubers, or conns of vege- 
tables or ornamental plants from temperate countries, or dry hulled rice, coffee, 
or pulses (legumes) for consumption, and any accompanying container brought 
to the Gold Coast by steamer, mail, or any other channel may. before being 
delivered to the consignee or addressee, be examined by a customs officer to 
determine whether the plant or seed appears to be one whose importation is 
forbidden or subject to precautions in accordance with these regulations. 
DISPOSAL OF INFECTED PLANTS 
Art. 5 (3) Any plant or seed found actually infected by any pesl or plant 
disease shall, together with all other articles in the same receptacle, and all 
packing material, be destroyed by the Inspector without delay, but if the in- 
spector considers that such plants, seeds, etc.. can he so treated as entirely to 
eradicate the pest or plant disease he may cause SUCh treatment to he applied 
at the consignee's expense. 
