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TOBACCO 
8B. Unmanufactured tobacco, either raw or cured, shall not be im- 
ported into India by sea except from Burma or the Kalat State, unless, in 
addition to the general certificate required under Rule 5, it is accomp- 
anied by an official certificate that it is free from Ephestia elutella 
or that the pest does not exist in the country of origin. ^See also 
PQM No, 51*0). 
Provided , that in the case of tobacco unaccompanied by such certifi- 
cates, the consignment shall be examined on importation by such officer as 
the Central Government may appoint, on payment of such fee, if any, to 
meet the cost of such examination as it may direct, 
SUGARCANE 
9. (1) The importation of sugarcane into India by sea from the Fiji 
Islands, New Guinea, Australia, or the Philippine Islands is prohibited 
absolutely. 
(2) The importation of sugarcane into India by sea from any other 
country is prohibited unless, in addition to the general certificate re- 
quired under Rule 5, it is accompanied by an official certificate that it 
has been examined and found free from cane borers, scale insects, white - 
flies, root disease (any form), pineapple disease, C e rat os tome 11a paradoxa 
( Thielaviopsis paradoxa ), sereh , and cane gummosis, that it was obtained 
from a crop which was free from mosaic disease, and that the Fiji disease 
of sugarcane does not occur in the country of export: 
Provide d , that in the case of canes for planting imported direct by 
the Government Sugarcane Expert, Coimbatore, and intended to be grown 
under his personal supervision, such certificates shall be required only 
in respect to the freedom of the country of export from the Fiji disease 
of sugarcane. 
HEVEA 
10. (a) Hevea rubber plants and hevea rubber seeds shall not be im- 
ported into India from America or from the West Indies except by the 
Director of Agriculture, Madras. 
FLAXSEED, BERSEEM, AND COTTONSEED 
11. (a) Seeds of flax, berseem, and cotton shall not be imported by 
letter or sample post or otherwise than by sea (See also 13 and 14 (2))« 
(b) The importation of "Mexican Jumping beans ( Sebastiania palmer i ) 
of the family Euphorbiaceae" is prohibited absolutely. 
