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"Plant" shall mean any tree, shrub, or vegetation, and the fruit, leaves, 
cuttings, or bark thereof, and shall include any live portion of a plant, whether 
severed or attached, and any dead portion or any product of a plant which by 
proclamation under this act or any amendment thereof has been included in 
this definition, but shall not include any seed unless the seed has been specially 
mentioned in this act or has been included in the definition of plant by 
proclamation under this act. 
"Plant disease" shall mean any bacterial or fungous or other disease that is 
injurious to plants. 
"Exotic animal" shall mean any animal (other than man) and any bird, 
reptile, insect, or other member of the animal kingdom, including the eggs 
thereof, that is not indigenous or native to South Africa. Species of the 
following classes are included in this definition: Amphibia, Arachnida. Aves, 
Crustacea, Insecta, Mammalia, Mollusca, Myriapoda, Nematoda, and Reptilia. 
AUTHORIZED PORTS OF ENTRY 
Section 8 of the act, as supplemented by proclamation No. 2S3 of 1936. pre- 
scribes that no person shall introduce or cause to be introduced from oversea into 
the Union any plant otherwise than by mail or through the authorized customs 
ports of entry : Cape Town, Durban, East London, Johannesburg, Nelspruit. Fort 
Elizabeth, and Pretoria. Fruits, potatoes, and onions may enter also through 
Mossel Bay, Port Nolloth, and Simonstown. 
RESTRICTIONS ON IMPORTATION OF PLANTS 
Section 9 prohibits the introduction of certain plants, subjects other plants to 
restrictions, and requires an import permit from the Department of Agriculture 
and Forestry for all plants except fruits, most seeds, bulbs, tubers, and vegetables. 
PROVISION FOR INSPECTION OF IMPORTED PLANTS 
Section 10 provides for the inspection of all plants offered for entry into the 
Union and their subsequent disposal. 
TREATMENT OF INFECTED PLANTS 
Sections 11 and 12 provide for the disinfection, cleansing, or destruction of 
infected plants when deemed necessary, and the issuance, upon request, of 
certificates for shipments that have complied with the provisions of the act and 
the regulations. 
POWER OF GOVERNOR GENERAL TO EXTEND APPLICATION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF ACT 
Section 14 empowers the Governor General, by proclamation in the Gazette : 
(a) To include in the definition of plant, the seed of any plant or any dead 
portion or product of a plant. 
(&) To vary, by addition or withdrawal, the list of plants the introduction 
whereof into the Union is under section U prohibited, supervised, or restricted. 
(c) To prohibit or restrict the introduction into the Union from anywhere, 
or from any specified country or place, of any plant, insect, or germ of any plant 
disease. 
Section 21 prohibits the importation from oversea of live bees, honey, and 
apiary appliances, and empowers the Governor General to apply the provisions to 
other African territories. Live bees may be imported by the Government. 
Section 22 enables the Governor General, by proclamation, to prohibit or 
restrict the importation from anywhere or from any specified country or place 
of any particular class of exotic animals. 
Section 28 empowers the Governor General to make regulations not incon- 
sistent with the act prescribing : 
(a) The manner and place in which any registration, inspection, disinfecting, 
cleansing, or destruction authorized under this act shall be carried out. 
(ft) The conditions and restrictions governing the importation and keeping of 
plants, bees, articles, exotic animals, ami anything whatsoever dealt with under 
this act. 
