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In the absence of the certificate, shipments from such 
countries ond those from countries not having a recognized 
plant inspection service, shall he inspected and treated in 
accordance, with the findings. (Art. 4, G-eneral Regulations, 
P- 3.) 
COTTON AND COTTONSEED from the United States may enter the port of 
Colombo only, and subject to disinfection at Bombay, to prevent 
the introduction of the boll weevil (Ant honomus grandi s Boh.). 
(Regulation of Sept. 20, 1927, -p. 4.) 
PLANT PROTECTION ORDINANCE NO. 10, JUNE 27, 1924 
Definitions 
The following terms are thus defined by this Ordinance: 
"Plant" shall include all members of the vegetable kingdom, 
whether living or dead, or any part or parts of such 
but shall not include canned or preserved fruits or 
vegetables; 
"Pest" shall include any insect or animal which shall in 
p-ny stage of its development eat, destroy, or otherwise 
injure any plant ; 
"Disease" shall include any fungus or organism of vegetable 
origin which shall injure, destroy, or be parasitic 
upon any plant . 
Section 9 of this Ordinance empowers the Governor in Executive 
Council to make regulations for the purpose of preventing the introduc- 
tion into the island and the distribution therein of weeds, or of pest 
and diseases injurious to, or destructive of, plants. 
G-ENERAL REGULATIONS 
(Schedule under Section 9 of Ordinance No. 10) 
AUTHORIZED PORTS OP ENTRY 
Article 1. No plants shall be imported into Ceylon, except 
through the -oorts of Colombo and Talai-Mannar . 
