UNITED STA.TES DEPART!- ITT OF AGRICULTURE 
Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine 
Washington, D. C. 
B. E. P. Q. 511 ^ November 28, 1940. 
PMNT-QUARANTIlJE IMPORT RESTRICTIOnS 
RliPUBLIC OF CHILE 
BASIC lAW 
Decree-Law No, 177 
Plant-Quarantine Law (Ley de Polinia Sanitaria Vegetal) 
• of December 31, 1'j24: 
Decree -Law 
Article 1. For the purjosos of the present lav it is here- 
"by declared that weeds, ir jurioMS aninals and in general, dis- 
eases of ci;'^,'togamic or rj.imal firigin, especially dangerous 
insects, viiil he deemed plant pests and will he the objects of sani- 
tary measures. 
Art. 2. The importation of plants, cuttin?;s, seeds, fruits, 
or any other plant products will onl;,- he authorized through ports 
determined hy special decrees in accordance with the regulations 
prescribed to that effect. 
The same regulations will prescribe the procedure to be fol- 
lowed in case of mail importations. 
Art. 3. Such -olants and lolant products offered for im- 
portation shall be inspected in the Customs by the Plant Quaran- 
tine Service (Servicio de Policia Sanitaria Vegetal), and in case 
they are infected or are suspected of being infected, any of the 
following measures may be ordered: Disinfection, quarantine, 
return to port of departure, confiscation, or destruction. 
