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Prohibited Shipments Returned or Destroyed 
10. Packages from foreign countries whose importation is prohibited "by 
the preceding provisions shall be. re-exported within 15 days; if at the 
expiration of that period re-exportation has not been effected, they 
shall be destroyed, and their owners shall have no claim to indemnity. 
Importations for Scientific Purposes Excepted 
11. The provisions of the present law shall not be applicable to plants, 
insects, or other articles imported by the Ministry of Agriculture for 
scientific purposes. 
SPECIAL CONDITIONS OF ENTRY 4/ 
12 . BANANA PLANTS (Musa spp . ) and DATE PALMS ( Phoenix spp . ) : 
a. Authorization of the Ministry of Agriculture in advance. 
b. Official phytosanitary certificate from country of origin declar- ■ 
ing freedom from injurious insects and plant diseases. 
c. Inspection on arrival and fumigation before entry. 
d. Inspection of the plants in the field for one year from date of 
planting. If, during that period, an injurious insect or disease 
makes its appearance on same, they shall be liable to destruction 
without compensation. 
13. COTTON SAMPLES FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES: 
a. Shoule be well-ginned cotton entirely free from cottonseed or 
any foreign matter. 
b . No sample should exceed 2 kg and postal samples without value 
not to exceed 350 g each. 
c. Should be addressed to the consignee c/o The Plant Quarantine 
Office, Ministry of Agriculture, at the port of destination. 
d. When a sample is received by any Plant Quarantine Office, the 
consignee will be notified. Samples not claimed within 15 days 
will be destroyed without compensation. 
o. The samples will be disinfected with carbon disulphide for 2k 
hours before entry. 
NOTE : The entry of samples of unginned cotton and cottonseed- is pro- 
hibited", however small the samples may be. 
hj See also paragraphs 26 and 27 on pa^es 10 to 13 for lists of insects and 
""" diseases prohibited entry, and those for which fumigation is required. 
