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Presence of Disease to Be Eeported 
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Art. 5. TJhoever imports the kinds of plants mentioned in Article 
1, under the provisions of these regulations, in the event that a disease 
is determined, is in duty bound to inform the Department of Agriculture 
at once and send to it a specimen for examination and the determination 
of the disease. 
Art. 6. The headquarters for the examination and disinfection of 
seeds will he determined hy the Department of Agriculture. 
Art. 7. Relates to the domestic control of plant diseases. 
Inspection on Arrival 
Art. 8.- All customs officers are required, on inspecting any kind 
of plants, seeds, fruit pits, bulbs, roots, stems, cuttings, tubers, 
branches, fruits, and other parts of plants that enter by mail, with trav- 
elers, or by other means, to act as follows: 
(a) If importation is permitted, the conditions prescribed 
in the permit must be complied with. 
(b) If importation was made without special authorization 
(that is, without previous permission by the Department of 
Agriculture) or through a port or frontier office other than 
that desi.piated by the Department, the customs authorities 
are in duty bound to confiscate the said plants, notify the 
importer and, after preparing a report of the action and 
sending a copy to the Department of Agriculture, they must 
destroy the plants. 
Arts. 9 and 10. Relate to the domestic control of plant diseases. 
