28 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [Jan.-March 
peudently of, nor as a substitute for. the original texts, and it is not to be inter- 
preted as legally authoritative. The original ordnance should be consulted 
for the exact texts. 
Lee A. Steong, 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS OF JAPAN 
Basic Legislation 
[Plant Quarantine Law No. 11, of March 25, 1914] 
This law prescribes the inspection of plants and packing materials thereof 
offered for export from or importation into Japan, but provides for the omission 
of inspection in certain cases. Plant diseases and injurious insects may be im- 
ported only with the permission of the respective Minister of State. 
The law also provides for the disposal of plants infested by injurious insects 
or infected by plant diseases, and for the restriction or prohibition of entry of 
certain plants or any other article. 
DEFINITION 
Article 10 of the law defines "plant diseases and injurious insects" as fungi 
and insects, respectively, that are injurious to plants. However, plants or 
animals which are not fungi or insects may be considered as plant diseases 
or injurious insects insofar as the application of this law is concerned, if the 
Minister of State in charge of such affairs has reason to believe that they 
are actually injurious to plants or are suspected of being so. 
General Regulations Under the Plant Quarantine Law 
[Department ordinance No. 27 of October 13. 1914. as amended by ordinance No. 24 of 
June 1919 : No. 21 of October 1933 ; No. 23 of August 1934 ; No. 28 of October 1936, 
and No. 14 of May 1937] 
PLANTS THAT ARE TO BE INSPECTED IN JAPAN 
Article 1. Plants whose inspection is required in accordance with the pro- 
vision of article 1 of the plant quarantine law shall be of the following classes : 
1. Plants to be imported from a foreign country or to be transported from 
other parts of the Japanese Empire into Japan proper, under the following- 
categories. 
(a) Plants or any of their parts, seeds, and bulbs for planting or cultivation* 
(6) Fresh fruits except those of pineapple {Ananas sativus L.), apples origi- 
nating in Chosen (Korea), and the fruits of plants belonging to the families: 
Musaceae, Solanaceae, Leguminosae, Fagaceae, and Cucurbitaceae (except 
watermelons, Citrullus vulgaris, melons and muskmelons, Cucumis melo) ; 
(c) Living potato tubers (Sol an ion tuberosum L.) ; 
(d) Plant or plant material that is permitted by the Minister of Agriculture 
to be imported, which otherwise is prohibited ; 
(c) Any plant or plant material besides those mentioned in (a) to (d) t 
that is suspected by plant inspection officials of being infested by plant diseases 
or injurious insects. 
2. Plants to be exported, the importation of which the government of the 
importing country requires inspection certificates issued by the exporting 
country. 
Art. 2. (a) Any person importing plants mentioned in paragraph 1 (a) to (c) 
of article 1 from a foreign country, or transporting the same from other parts 
of the Japanese Empire into Japan proper, shall, without delay, upon the 
arrival of the vessel carrying same on board, make application in writing to 
the customhouse on the prescribed form No. 1. 
If the plants are being carried by a passenger, the person concerned may 
make a verbal application to the plant inspection officials or to the customs 
officials in the absence of the former. 
IMPORTATION PROHIBITED OF CERTAIN PLANTS AND PLANT PRODUCTS 
Art. 2. (I) The importation or transportation of the following plants and 
plant materials are prohibited into Japan proper. However, exceptions are 
