60 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [July-Sept. 
CERTIFICATE NOT OBLIGATORY FOR SMALL MAIL OR BAGGAGE SHIPMENTS 
Art. S. The certification requirements of the preceding article may be dis- 
pensed with for small shipments of plants and parts of plants imported by 
mail, including mail orders, registered mail, samples without value, etc., or 
those carried in the baggage of passengers from foreign countries; meanwhile 
such products are not allowed to be disembarked without competent inspec- 
tion by the plant-protection service. (Circular No. 51, of Aug. 30, 1930. makes 
the provisions of this article applicable to shipments of plant products im- 
ported by air mail.) 
(1) The Ministry of Agriculture can limit the quantity and establish con- 
ditions under which he will permit the certificate to be dispensed with under 
the terms of this article. 
PASSENGERS MUST DECLARE PLANT MATERL\L IN BAGGAGE 
(2) Passengers from foreign countries who carry plants, seeds, cuttings, rhi- 
zomes, tubers, fruits, etc., in their baggage are required to declare them to the 
customs authorities for the purpose of a phytosanitary inspection, holding such 
material until competent inspection and release have been effected by technical 
officials of the plant-protection service. 
(3) In case of concealment or falsr declaration, the violators are subject 
to the confiscation of the products, in addition to other penalties provided 
by law. 
Art. 9. The requirements of the preceding articles having been met, the 
technical official of the plant-protection service will proceed to inspect the im- 
ported products, authorizing their release on confirmation of compliance with 
the provisions of articles 1 and 2. 
Live plants and plant products which rapidly deteriorate will have precedence 
in inspection on arrival. 
DISPOSAL OF PROHIBITED PLANT MATERIAL 
Art. 10. On inspection upon arrival, if it be found that the plants or parts of 
plants are included in the prohibition of articles 1 and 2, they will be at once 
put under the supervision of the plant-protection service in a place indicated by 
that service. 
(1) Such products will be reembarked within 15 days, and if not exported 
within that period, they will be disinfected or destroyed. 
(2) The expense involved by the requirements of this article shall be borne 
by the interested person without right of indemnity. 
(3) If injurious pests or diseases, or those which are easily distributed, are 
concerned, the plant-protection service will immediately seize and destroy the 
condemned products. 
(4> The disinfection, removal, and destruction of condemned products will 
be effected by the plant-protection service or, in ports where that service is 
not represented, by the customs. 
CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH DISINFECTION IS REQUIRED 
Art. 11. Imported plant products, infected or infested with fungi, insects, or 
other parasites, or even suspected of being carriers of such parasites, which 
already exist or are distributed in Brazil and are regarded as of secondary 
importance, may be released after being disinfected or sterilized in accord- 
ance with conditions prescribed by the Ministry of Agriculture. 
If the infection or infestation referred to in this article is of great in- 
tensity, the plants or parts of plants will be subject to the provisions of 
:; icicle 10. 
PLANTS FROM SUSPECTED COUNTRIES TO BE HELD IN QUARANTINE 
Art. 12. Plants or parts of plants from suspected countries or localities, or 
whose sanitary condition on arrival is doubtful, may be planted in quarantine 
in an official establishment, or in a place offering the necessary guaranties, 
in the judgment of the plant-protection service, which will keep them under 
supervision and will not permit their removal without previous authorization. 
Art. 13. The Ministry of Agriculture will determine, by order, which plant 
products intended for food, manufacturing, medicinal, or ornamental pur- 
