HQ BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [July-Sept. 
B: E. P. Q. 390, revised. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, BRITISH COLONY AND PROTECTORATE 
OF SIERRA LEONE 
June 16, 1939. 
This revision of the digest of the plant-quarantine import restrictions of the 
British Colony and Protectorate of Sierra Leone was rendered necessary by 
the promulgation of Order in Council No. 5 of April 11, 1936. 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. 
It was prepared by Harry B. Shaw, plant quarantine inspector, in charge 
of Foreign Service Information, Division of Foreign Plant Quarantines, from 
the original text of the Destructive Pests Ordinance, 1924, revision of 1925, 
and Order in Council No. 5 of 1936, and reviewed by the Director of Agriculture 
of Sierra Leone. 
The information contained in this circular is believed to be correct and com- 
plete up 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 1 
■interpreted as legally authoritative. 
Lee A. Strong, 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
Basic Legislation 
[The Destructive Pests Ordinance of February 19, 1912, revision of 1925] 
General Regulations 
[Order in Council No. 5. April 11, 1936] 
short title of the order 
article 1. This Order may be cited as the Plant Pests (import) Order in 
Council, 1936. 
definitions 
Art. 2. In this order the term "plant" includes everything in the nature of a 
plant and the fruit, leaves, cuttings, bark, or any part thereof, whether living 
or dead, severed or attached, but shall not include seed, unless specifically 
mentioned, nor manufactured products of plants, nor anything mentioned in 
this definition which has been cooked. 
''Pest 1 ' includes any insect or other invertebrate animal in any stage of 
development which may be injurious to agricultural or horticultural crops: 
any disease caused by any fungus, bacterium, virus, or other organism which 
may be injurious to agricultural or horticultural crops. 
authorized port of entry 
Art. 3. No person shall land or cause to be landed in Sierra Leone any plant, 
Including seed, whether by mail or otherwise, except through the port of Free- 
town, or such port of entry as the Director of Agriculture may allow by permit. 
ENTRY OF SOIL PROHIBITED 
Art. 4. The landing in Sierra Leone of soil or earth, whether attached to 
plants or not, is prohibited except with the written permission of the Director 
of Agriculture. 
INSPECTION ON ARRIVAL 
Art. 5. (1) Any plant or seed, except seed of vegetables and ornamental 
plants and bulbs, corms, and tubers from temperate countries, and bananas, 
cassava, coconuts, coffee, grapes, groundnuts (peanuts), kola, onions, plantains, 
potatoes, pulses (legumes), milled rice, sweetpotatoes, and yams for consump- 
tion, and any accompanying container landed in Sierra Leone shall, before being 
delivered to the consignee or addressee, be detained and examined hy an inspector 
to determine as far as possible whether or not any pest is present. Any ship- 
