1938] SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 19 
imported in breach of this regulation may be seized and destroyed by any officer 
of customs. (Amendment through Statutory Rule No. 4 of 1934.) 
IMPORTATION OF BANANAS PROHIBITED 
[Proclamation of May 23, 1927] 
In this proclamation, the lieutenant governor, by and with the advice of the 
executive council, prohibits the importation or introduction of any banana, 
banana plant (Musa spp. ) or part thereof into the Territory. 
B. E. P. Q. 468. 
PLANT QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, KINGDOM OF IRAQ 
January 20, 1938. 
This digest of the plant-quarantine import restrictions of the Kingdom of 
Iraq has been prepared for the information of nurserymen, plant-quarantine 
officials, and others interested in the exportation of plants and plant products 
to that country. 
It was prepared by Harry B. Shaw, plant quarantine inspector in charge of 
foreign information service, Division of Foreign Plant Quarantines, from his 
translations of the Importation of Plants Law of January 7, 1925, and customs 
law No. 56, May 7, 1931, and reviewed by the director of agriculture, Depart- 
ment of Agricultural Affairs, Baghdad, Iraq. 
The information contained in this circular is believed to be correct and com- 
plete up to the time of preparation, but it is not intended to be used inde- 
pendently of, nor as a substitute for, the original texts, and it is not to be 
interpreted as legally authoritative. 
Lee A. Strong, 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. . 
plant-quarantine import restrictions, kingdom of iraq 
Basic Legislation 
[Importation of plants law, January 7, 1925. Customs code law, No. 56, of May 7, 1931] 
Through the customs code law No. 56, of May 7, 1931, the King of Iraq 
decrees (ch. Ill, art. 13) that provisions may at any time be promulgated 
whereby, for the public safety or for sanitary or moral reasons, or as preventive 
measures against animal and plant diseases, the importation, exportation, or 
transit of certain kinds of merchandise into or from Iraq, or to a particular 
country or place outside the boundaries of Iraq, are restricted or prohibited. 
Summary 
importation prohibited 
Hemp seeds and plants (Cannabis sativa L. ). (Customs tariff law No. 11, 
April 29, 1933, art. 11, p. 5.) 
Injurious insect pests and diseases. (Appendix to importation of plants 
law of January 7, 1925, p. 3.) 
IMPORTATION RESTRICTED 
Citrus fruits and stocks, grapes, and grapevines: Must be accompanied by a 
phytosanitary certificate of the competent authority of the country of origin. 
(Customs tariff law No. 11, April 29, 1933, art. 5, p. 5.) 
Plants with woody stems, parts thereof, also bulbs, conns, rhizomes, and 
tubers, except potatoes; cottonseed and seed cotton: Subject to inspection oil 
arrival, but inspection may be waived if they are accompanied by a phyto- 
sanitary certificate issued • by competent authority of the exporting country. 
(Arts. 3, 4, and 5, importation of plants law of January 7, 1925. p. 2.) 
