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Art. 5. All shipments in transit through Rumania, whether accompanied by 
phytosanitary certificates in conformity with article 1, or unaccompanied, in 
conformity with article 4. if found unsealed within the country or at the fron- 
tier exit point from the country, will be retained and subjected to the provisions 
of article 75, paragraph 2, of the law relative to the organization and encourage- 
ment of agriculture, the shipment being considered as infected or infested. 
Lee A. Strong. 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
B. E. P. Q. 428, Revised. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, BRITISH COLONY OF CEYLON 
February 20, 1939. 
This revision of the digest of the plant-quarantine import restrictions of the 
Colony of Ceylon was rendered necessary by the promulgation. July 22, 1938, of 
amended regulations under the Plant Protection Ordinance No. 10, June 27. 1924. 
It has been prepared for the information of nurserymen, plant-quarantine officials, 
and others interested in the exportation of plants and plant products to that 
Colony, by Harry B. Shaw, plant quarantine inspector, in charge foreign service 
information. Division of Foreign Plant Quarantines, from the text of the said 
amended regulations. 
The information contained in this circular is believed to be correct and complete 
up to the time of preparation, but it is not intended to be used independently 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 
[The Plant Protection Ordinance No. 10, June 27, 1924] 
Section 9 of this ordinance empowers the Governor in Executive Council to 
make regulations for the purpose of preventing the introduction into the island 
and the distribution therein of weeds, or of pests and diseases injurious to, or 
destructive of, plants. 
Definitions 
The following terms are thus defined by this ordinance : 
"Plant" shall include all members of the vegetable kingdom, whether living 
or dead, or any part or parts of such but shall not include canned or preserved 
fruits or vegetables ; 
"Pest" shall include any insect or animal which shall in any stage of its 
development eat, destroy, or otherwise injure any plant ; 
"Disease" shall include any fungus or organism of vegetable origin which 
shall injure, destroy, or be parasitic upon any plant. 
Summary 
importation prohirited 
Ilerea spp., seeds or plants grown in the Western Hemisphere: Importation 
prohibited to prevent the introduction of the South African leaf d a so 
(Mclan<>i>s<iHimoi>.sis (Dothidella) ulci (Honn.) Stahel). (Art. 2 of General 
Regulations, p. 3.) 
Coconut plants (Cocos nucifera L.) : Importation from any source prohibited 
to prevent the introduction of coceids. (Art. 2 of General Regulations, p. 3.) 
importation restricted 
Hevea spp., seeds or plants grown in the Eastern Hemisphere : May be im- 
ported only under a written permit from the director of agriculture. (Art. 2 
of General Regulations, p. 3.) 
