1938J SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS \yj 
General Regulations 
[The Plant Protection Ordinance, September 2, 1937] 
IMPORT PEE MIT REQUIRED FOR PLANTS 
Article 1. No plant or part of a plant shall be imported into the Colony 
except under the authority of a permit obtained from, and signed by, the 
Director of Agriculture, and subject to the conditions stated in such permit. 
This restriction shall not apply to seeds except those of the following plants: 
Cacao (TJieooroma cacao), cloves (Eugenia aromatica), coconut (Cocos 
nucifera), coffee (Coffea spp.) except roasted coffee beans, cotton (Gossypium 
spp.), groundnut or peanut {Arachis hypogaea), lucerne or alfalfa (Medicago 
sativa) and clover (Trifolium spp.), maize or corn (Zea mays), peach 
(Amygdalus persica), rubber (Hevea spp.), tea (Thea sinensis), tobacco (Nico- 
tiana talacum), and wheat (Triticum spp.). 
APPLICATIONS FOR IMPORT PERMITS 
Art. 2. All applications for permits shall furnish : 
(a) Full name and address of applicant; 
(o) Name and address of person or firm from whom the plants or seeds are 
to be obtained ; 
(c) Names and quantities of plants or seeds to be obtained; 
(d) Name of the farm or estate on which the plants or seeds are to be planted 
and the district in which it is situated. 
AUTHORIZED PORTS OF ENTRY 
Art. 3. No plant shall be imported into the Colony except through one of the 
following ports or places of entry : Mombasa, Kisumu, Nairobi. 
INSPECTION ON ARRIVAL 
Art. 4. All plants, seed, and fruit, other than dried, canned, or bottled fruits 
imported into the Colony shall be examined by an inspector. 
DISPOSAL OF IMPORTED PLANTS 
Art. 5. The inspector may require the disinfection or treatment of any plant 
and any article believed by him to be infected with a pest or disease, or likely 
to infect any plant with a pest or disease, or require the immediate destruction 
of any such imported plant or article if, in his opinion, disinfection or treat- 
ment is impracticable or will not be a complete safeguard or if the delay caused 
by disinfection or treatment would involve risk of the introduction or spread 
of any pest or disease, or require the disinfection of any vessel, vehicle, or 
aircraft which, in the opinion of the inspector, is harboring any pest or disease, 
or an article likely to infect any plant with a pest or disease. 
Art. 6. Any package or parcel containing any plant or seed imported other- 
wise than by mail shall be delivered to an inspector by the commissioner of 
customs. Any package or parcel containing any plant or seed imported by 
mail shall be delivered to an inspector by the Postmaster General. After 
inspection the package shall be disposed of as indicated in article 5 or turned 
over for delivery to the addressee. 
NO COMPENSATION FOR DESTRUCTION OF PLANTS 
Art. 7. No compensation shall be payable in respect of any package, parcel, 
article, plant, or seed destroyed or damaged in any required treatment. 
IMPORTED PLANTS MAY BE QUARANTINED 
Art. 8. The Director of Agriculture may require imported plants to ho <1o- 
tained in quarantine or in special nurseries or places approved by him Cor such 
period as he may think fit. 
IMPORTATION PROHIBITED 
Art. 9. The importation of all species of fruit trees and fruit grown in or 
consigned from Japan, China, Chosen (Korea), or Manchuria is prohibited 
