32 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [Jan.-Marcb 
The information contained in this circular is believed to be correct and 
complete np 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. 
Avery S. Hoyt, 
Acting Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
Basic Legislation 
[Ordinance No. IS of March 28, 1936, known as The Importation of Plants Ordinance] 
Definitions 
Section 2 of the ordinance makes the following definitions : 
'"Plant" includes everything in the nature of a plant and the fruit, leaves,, 
cuttings, bark, or any part thereof whatsoever, whether living or dead, severed 
or attached, but does not include seed, unless specifically mentioned, nor manu- 
factured products of plants, nor anything mentioned in this definition, which has 
been cooked. 
"Pest" means any insect or other invertebrate animal which may be injurious 
to agricultural or horticultural crops. 
"Plant disease" means any disease caused by fungus, bacterium, virus, or other 
organism which may be injurious to agricultural or horticultural crops. 
Section 4 of the ordinance empowers the Governor in Council to make regula- 
tions for the following, among other purposes: 
(a) Prohibiting, restricting, or regulating the importation into Gold Coast of 
plants, seeds, soil, manure, containers, straw, and other packing materials, or 
any other similar goods or things. 
General Regulations 
[Importation of Plants Regulation, No. 25, effective May 16, 1936] 
Article 1. These regulations may be cited as "The Importation of Plants 
Regulations." 
PLANT INTERCHANGE SCHEDULE 
Art. 2. The plant interchange schedule is a schedule of West African countries 
in respect of which agreements have been made with the Government of the 
Gold Coast concerning the making and enforcement in such countries and the 
Gold Coast of regulations governing the interchange of plants and seeds of plants. 
AUTHORIZED PORTS OF ENTRY 
Art. 3. No person shall import or cause to be imported into the Gold Coast 
any plant or seed except by mail or through the following ports of entry : Accra, 
Winneba, Cape Coast, Salt Pond, Takoradi. 
importation prohibited 
Art. 4. The following plants, produce, and seeds shall not be imported into 
the Gold Coast : 
(a) All plants in soil or in any material of which soil forms a part. 
(6) All plants from Central America, South America, and Trinidad, and other 
countries in which witches'-broom disease of cocoa (Marasmius perniciosus 
Stahel) is known to occur, as specified by the Governor by a notice in the 
Gazette, except plants required and imported by the Department of Agriculture 
for scientific purposes. 
(c) All coconuts in husk from Central America, South America, Trinidad and 
Tobago. Grenada, and St. Vincent. 
(d) All coffee in cherry (berry) unless accompanied by a certificate of free- 
dom from mealy pod disease issued by the Government agricultural authority 
of the country of export. 
(e) All cottonseed except such as may be required and imported by the Depart- 
ment of Agriculture for scientific purposes. 
