30 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [Jan.-March 
CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH PLANT DISEASES AND INJURIOUS INSECTS MAY BE 
IMPORTED 
Art. 7. Any person importing plant diseases or injurious insects from a foreign 
country, or transporting same from other parts of the Japanese Empire into 
Japan proper, shall be required to make an application for inspection, in writing, 
to the customhouse, in accordance with the prescribed form No. 4, without delay, 
after the arrival of the vessel carrying such articles on board. 
Art. 8. The plant-inspection officials may proceed to make the inspection previ- 
ous to the application required in article 2 or in the preceding article. 
Art. 10. Importation from a foreign country, and transportation from other 
parts of the Japanese Empire into Japan proper of plants, or any other article 
whose inspection is required, by mail, except by parcel post or small packet, is 
prohibited. 
Art. 10' (6). Any person receiving mail matter contrary to the provision of 
the preceding paragraph, is required to deliver such mail matter without delay 
to the customhouse together with the required written application form. 
INSPECTION OF CERTIFIED PLANTS MAY BE WAIVED 
Art. 14. 1 Any person importing plants from a foreign country or transporting 
same from other parts of the Japanese Empire into Japan proper, which are 
certified by the authorities at their source of exportation or transportation, to 
the effect that such plants are not infected by plant diseases or infested by 
injurious insects, shall report the fact to the customhouse. In this case the 
provisions of article 2 shall apply. 
Plants certified as mentioned in the preceding paragraph may be exempted 
from the inspection required with their importation from a foreign country, or 
transportation from other parts of the Japanese Empire into Japan proper. 
B. E. P. Q. 471, superseding P. Q. C. A. 297. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA 
February 5, 1938. 
This digest of the rules and regulations promulgated under the Agricultural 
Pests Act of 1911, and subsequent amendments thereof, has been prepared for 
the information of nurserymen, plant-quarantine officials, and others interested 
in the exportation of plants and plant products to South Africa. 
The digest was prepared by Harry B. Shaw, plant-quarantine inspector in 
charge of foreign information service, Division of Foreign Plant Quarantines, 
from the original texts and reviewed by the chief inspector, plant regulatory 
service, Department of Agriculture and Forestry of the Union of South Africa. 
The information presented 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 independ- 
ently of, nor as a substitute for, the original texts, and it is not to be inter- 
preted as legally authoritative. The proclamations and Government notices 
themselves should be consulted for the exact texts. 
Lee A. Strong. 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA 
Basic Legislation 
[Agricultural Pests Act (Act No. 11 of 1911 as amended] 
definitions 
Sec 2. In this act and the regulations made thereunder, unless inconsistent 
with the context : 
"Insect pest" shall mean any insect or other invertebrate animal that is. 
injurious to plants. 
1 In other words, the fact that a shipment is accompanied by an inspection certificate 
does not exempt it from the requirement of art. 2, namely, that the importer apply to the 
customhouse for inspection. Then, according to par. 2 of art. 14, inspection may be 
waived. 
