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Article 5. (1) The governor may from time to time by proclamation pro- 
hibit the importation into the presidency of any plants, parts of plants, seeds, 
fruits, soil, or any class of goods, packages, coverings, or other articles or things 
named and specified in such proclamation. 
(2) The governor may from time to time by proclamation order that the 
plants, parts of plants, etc. (as listed in the preceding paragraph) shall not 
be imported into the presidency except upon such conditions as may be specified 
in such proclamation. 
(3) Every plant, article, or thing named in any proclamation in force under 
this ordinance coming into this presidency or any part thereof by sea, may be 
deemed to have come from a place the introduction thereof from which is 
prohibited by this ordinance and may be treated accordingly, unless the 
importer satisfies the treasurer, or the principal treasury or revenue officer at 
the port of arrival, of the contrary. 
Art. 6. Every plant, article, or thing imported into this presidency in contra- 
vention of any proclamation under this ordinance, or of any of the conditions 
imposed thereby, may be seized by any treasury or revenue officer, by the chief 
inspector or any inspector or by any member of the Leeward Islands police 
force and shall there become forfeited to His Majesty and may be destroyed 
or otherwise dealt with as the governor may direct. 
Proclamation No. 1. of March S, 1935, Prohibiting the Importation of 
Certain Plants and Plant Products 
This proclamation prohibits absolutely the importation into the presidency 
of Antigua of the articles mentioned in the first schedule, and prohibits condi- 
tionally the entry of those mentioned in the second schedule. It also prescribes 
that all fruits and vegetables that may be imported into the presidency from 
the British Isles, Canada, the United States of America, and the British West 
Indies shall be accompanied by a certificate from a responsible authority in 
the country of export stating that the said products did not originate in a 
prohibited country. 
FIRST SCHEDULE 
Importation absolutely prohibited 
Banana fruits {Musa spp. ). Importation prohibited from all countries except 
the other islands of the Leeward Islands (Anguilla. Dominica, Montserrat, 
Nevis, St. Kitts, and British Virgin Islands), and the United States of 
America, to prevent the introduction of the Panama disease, Fusarium 
cubense E. F. Sm. 
All other fruits except plantains, nuts, dried, canned, candied, or other processed 
fruits. Importation prohibited from Bahamas, Bermuda, British Guiana, and 
all other countries except the British Isles, Canada, the British West Indies, 
and the United States of America, to prevent the introduction of the Mediter- 
ranean fruit fly, Ceratitis oapitata Wied. 
All vegetables except onions, potatoes, canned or processed vegetables. Importa- 
tion prohibited from the sources indicated in the preceding paragraph, to pre- 
vent the introduction of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis oapitata Wied. 
Soil. Importation prohibited from Bahamas. Bermuda. British Guiana, Trini- 
dad, and all other countries except the British Isles, Canada, the other 
islands of the British West Indies not mentioned in this paragraph, and the 
United States of America, to prevent the introduction of various soil fungi 
and insects. 
second schedule 
Importation conditionally prohibited 
Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.), sugarcane seedlings and plants and all 
parts of the sugarcane. Importation prohibited from all countries except 
under license granted by the Governor, to prevent the introduction of the 
mosaic or yellow mottling disease. 
Banana plants and parts thereof (Musa spp.). Importation prohibited from 
Bahamas, Bermuda, British Guiana. Central America. Dutch Guiana, and any 
island or place in the West Indies and the other islands of the Leeward 
