1939] 
SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 
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INSPECTION ON AE RIVAL MAY BE REQUIRED 
Art. 5. (1) Any plant or seed, except seeds, bulbs, tubers, or corms of vege- 
tables or ornamental plants from temperate countries, or dry hulled rice, coffee, 
or pulses (legumes), for consumption, and any accompanying container brought 
to the Gold Coast by steamer, post, or other channel may, before being delivered 
to the consignee or addressee, be examined by a customs officer for the purpose 
of determining whether the plant or seed appears to be one the importation of 
which is forbidden or the importation of which is subject to precautions in 
accordance with these regulations. 
TREATMENT OF INFECTED MATERIAL 
Art. 5. (2) Any such plant or seed, together with all other articles in the 
same container, and packing material may, where deemed necessary by any 
inspector as a precautionary measure against the introduction of any pest or 
plant disease, be disinfected or fumigated by and to the satisfaction of the 
inspector at the expense of the consignee or addressee, in default of which the 
consignment or package may be refused entry into the Gold Coast or may be 
destroyed by the inspector. ♦ 
CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH PLANTS AND SEEDS MAY BE IMPORTED 
Art. 6. Subject to the provisions of these regulations, the importation of 
plants and seeds of plants shall be governed by the following provisions: 
(a) Importations of plants and seeds of plants set out in group A in schedule 
I shall be permitted from countries included in the plant interchange schedule 
only under permit signed by the director of agriculture first obtained, and in 
accordance with any special conditions which may be stated in such permit. 
(&) Importations of plants and seeds set out in either group A or group B in 
schedule I from countries other than those included in the plant interchange 
schedule shall be permitted only under permit signed by the director of agricul- 
ture first obtained and in accordance with any special conditions stated in 
that permit. Such a permit shall be granted for plants included in group A 
only when they are needed for special scientific purposes and provided that the 
director of agriculture is satisfied that the plants will be grown under such 
conditions as should preclude any possibility of the introduction of any 
dangerous pest or plant disease. 
(c) Importations of plants and seeds set out in group B in schedule I shall 
be permitted from countries included in the plant interchange schedule. 
Schedule I 
Group A: Plants and seeds of cocoa (Thcobroma cacao), cotton (Ghssypium 
spp.), cassava (Manihot escnlenta), oil palms, and all species of Musa and 
Oitrus. 
Group B: Plants and seeds of coconut (Cocos nucifera), Kola (Cola sp.), 
coffee (Coffea spp.) except hulled and dried berries for consumption, ground- 
nuts or peanuts (Arachis hypoyaea), yams (Dioscorca spp.), rice (Oryza sativa) 
except hulled rice for consumption, pulse (legumes) except dry shelled seeds for 
consumption, guinea corn (Soryhum vulyare). millets, maize (Zea mays), and 
rubber (Hevea spp.). 
WRITTEN APPLICATION FOR PERMIT REQUIRED 
Art. 7. Applications for permits shall be made in writing to the director of 
agriculture, and shall state : 
(1) The full name, residence, and postal address of the applicant. 
(2) The name and address of the person from whom it is proposed to obtain 
the plants. 
(3) The botanical name or the generally accepted popular name and varietal 
names of the plants and the number of each variety it is desired to import. 
(4) The locality in which it is proposed to grow the plants. 
Art. 8. Relates to the form of the import permit. 
