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may affect agriculture, as well as to prevent the introduction of 
the said pests into the country. Consequently, the Executive of 
the Republic, through the Socrotaria de Agricultura y Pomento, will 
apply the provisions of this law and its regulations in the whole 
of the national territory. 
REGULATIONS OF THE AGRICULTURAL PHYTOSANITARY SERVICE 
(July 5, 1927; Diario Oficial XLIII: lk, July 16, 1927) 
Chapter I, articles 1 to l6 - Organization of the Plant Pro- 
tection Service (Servicio de Defensa Agricola) . 
Chapter II, Arts. 17 to 30 - Interior quarantines and zones 
of control. 
Chapter III, Arts. 31 to 37 - On internal commerce in agri- 
cultural plants and plant products. 
Chapter IV, Arts. 38 to U-2 - On the importation of agricultural 
plants and plant products. 
GENERAL REGULATIONS ON TKE IMPORTATION OP PLANTS 
NOT SUBJECT TO SPECIAL QUARANTINES 
Art. 33. - Plants, parts, or products thereof not subject to 
special quarantines may he imported only through the ports and 
frontier cities authorized "by the Department of Agriculture. 
Art. 39. - Inspectors of the Office of Agricultural Protection 
will "be advised of the arrival of any plants, parts, or products 
thereof (seeds, bulbs, tubers, roots, cuttings, stems, etc.), from 
a foreign country, in order that they may be inspected. 
Art. kO. - If inspection establishes that the merchandise 
constitutes a danger of introducing a plant disease or pest into 
Mexico, the shipment shall be reladen arid exported within 30 days, 
or it will be destroyed without indemnity. 
Ir. case of doubt, the matter shall be referred to the Federal 
Office for decision. 
