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A.D. 1918. 
S. 3. 
AGRICULTURAL PESTS. 
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“ Owner ” includes, with reference to any land, all 
lessees or tenants of such land, and “occupier"’ 
includes, with reference to any land, all per¬ 
sons in actual occupation or charge thereof; 
“ Pest ” includes every insect, invertebrate animal, 
rodent, plant and fungus which is destructive 
or injurious, or apt to be destructive or in¬ 
jurious, to cultivated plants; 
<£ Plant ” means any tree, shrub or vegetation, 
whether living or dead, and includes the stem, 
root, leaf, flower or fruit and any product or 
part thereof Whatsoever, whether severed or 
attached; 
“ Red. beetle ” means the beetle designated rhyn- 
choj)h orus ferrugineus; 
u Rhinoceros beetle ” means the beetle designated 
oryctes rhinoceros , commonly known also as 
the elephant or black beetle and belonging to 
the group Lamellicornia; 
“ Supervising Committeemeans the committee 
referred to in section 4. 
Appointment 3 —(i) The Governor may appoint by name or office, 
delegating and, when appointed, remove, so many inspecting officers 
power. 3 and 0 ther officers as he considers necessary for carrying 
out the purposes of this Ordinance. 
(2) The appointment of inspecting officers shall be 
notified in the Gazette. 
(3) The Governor may also, if he thinks fit, limit the 
area within which such officers or any of them shall exer¬ 
cise the powers and perform the duties assigned to them 
by this Ordinance or any rules thereunder. 
(4) With the previous written approval of the Director, 
which may be given generally or be restricted to specified 
cases, an inspecting officer may, by writing under his 
hand, delegate to any officer subordinate to him the 
exercise and performance of any powers or duties assigned 
to an inspecting officer by this Ordinance or any rules 
thereunder, and such subordinate officer may thereupon 
exercise and perform the powers and duties so delegated. 
(5) All officers appointed under this section, and all 
officers to whom powers or duties have been delegated 
under this section when acting within the scope of the 
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AGRICULTURAL PESTS. 
A.D. 1918. 
Ss. 4 & 5. 
powers or duties so delegated, shall be deemed to be 
public servants within the meaning of the Penal Code. 
4. —(1) For the purposes of this Ordinance there shall Supervising 
be a supervising committee consisting of not less than 
three persons, of whom one shall be the Director and the 
others shall be nominated by the Governor. 
(2) Of the persons to be so nominated not more than 
half shall be officers employed in the public service of the 
Colony or of the Federated Malay States. 
(3) All nominations under this section shall be notified 
in the Gazette . 
(4) The Director shall be Chairman of the said 
Committee. 
(5) Members of the supervising committee nominated 
by the Governor shall, unless expressly nominated 
for a shorter term, ordinarily retain their membership 
thereof for a period of five years, but may resign their 
membership at any time and may at any time be removed 
from the committee by the Governor by notification in 
the Gazette. 
5. —(1) Every inspecting officer may, within the area, Entry, 
if any, limited by his appointment, enter at all reason- S'l^vai 
able times, with or without assistants, upon any land 
alienated for agricultural* purposes or whereon any plants 
are or have been cultivated and may remain there so long 
as is reasonably necessary for the purposes of this section 
and may 
(a) inspect and examine such land and all plants 
thereon for the purpose of ascertaining 
„ whether any of such plants are diseased or 
whether such land or any plant thereon is in 
a condition favourable to the introduction or 
spread of any pest; and 
( b ) remove by cutting, digging or otherwise such 
portions of any plant as he thinks expedient 
to remove for purposes of examination or in¬ 
vestigation. 
(2) The owner and occupier of such land shall permit 
every inspecting officer to have access thereto for the said 
purposes and shall supply to such officer all such infor¬ 
mation as is requested by him and is reasonably necessary 
for the said purposes. 
Ord. 166 .—U 
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