AGRICULTURAL PESTS. 
4 
A.D. 191a 
Ss. 6 & 7. 
rower to 6 .—( 1 ) If on or as a result of any inspection or 
truetion'or examination of land or plants by an inspecting officer it 
treatment of appears to such officer that any plant is diseased, such 
pests or 1 officer may, by notice in writing under his hand, addressed 
treatment of £ 0 the owner o y occupier of the land whereon such plant 
is, direct him to take within a time to be stated in the 
notice such measures, either by destruction of such plant 
or by treatment in a manner to be specified in the said 
notice of such plant or of any pest whereby such plant 
is attacked or wherewith it is affected, as seem to the 
inspecting officer necessary or expedient for the eradica¬ 
tion or the prevention of the sprea d of any pest. 
(2) If on or as a result of any inspection or examina¬ 
tion of land or plants by an inspecting officer it appears 
to such officer that any land or plant is in a condition 
favourable to the introduction or spread of any pest, such 
officer may, by notice in writing under his hand, addressed 
to the owner or occupier of the land whereon such con¬ 
dition exists, direct him to take within a time to be stated 
in the notice such measures as are in the said notice 
specified for the treatment of such land or plant with a 
view to the bringing of the same into a condition not 
favourable to the introduction or spread of any pest. 
Application to 7 .—(1) If any owner or occupier of land on whom a 
committed notice under section 6 has been served is of opinion that 
any act or thing required by such notice to be performed 
or done is unreasonable or unnecessary, he may, by an 
application in writing addressed to the supervising com¬ 
mittee and despatched by registered post to or otherwise - 
delivered at the office of the Director of Agriculture in 
Kuala Lumpur, within seven days from the service of 
the said notice and setting forth the grounds on which 
such application is based, apply to the said committee for 
an order cancelling or varying the said notice and shall 
forthwith notify the inspecting officer by whom the said 
notice was signed that the said application has been 
made. 
(2) The committee may, on receipt of such application, 
suspend the operation of the notice or make such other 
order in the premises as it thinks just. 
(3) Pending any order by the said committee to the 
contrary, the said notice shall remain in force as if such 
application had not been made. 
A.D. 1918. 
Ss. 8-10. 
AGRICULTURAL PESTS. 
(4) If the notice in respect of which an application is 
made has been signed by a member of the supervising 
committee,, such member shall take no part in the pro¬ 
ceedings of the committee upon such application. 
8 . —(1) If any owner or occupier of land on whom a 
notice under section 6 has been served fails to comply 
therewith within such time as is stated in the notice for 
the performance of the acts thereby required to be done, 
the inspecting officer may, subject to any order made 
under section 7 by the supervising committee, enter upon 
the land to which the notice refers and may cause to enter 
thereon such persons with such instruments and things 
as are necessary and may proceed to perform and do 
thereon all acts and things required by the said notice 
to be performed or done, and the cost thereof shall be 
recoverable from the said owner or occupier by the 
Director, or any person authorized in that behalf by 
the Director, by civil suit. 
( 2 ) Nothing in this section shall affect any liability of 
any person to prosecution and punishment under 
section 9. 
9. — (1) Any owner or occupier of land on whom a 
notice under section 6 has been served who wilfully 
neglects to comply therewith within the time therein 
stated, shall be liable to fine not exceeding five hundred 
dollars. 
( 2 ) No person shall be punishable under, this section 
for neglect to comply with any notice the operation of 
which has been suspended or cancelled by the supervising 
committee under section 7. 
(3) Where the said committee has, under section 7, 
made an order varying the terms of any such notice, the 
notice as so varied shall, for the purposes of this section 
and of section 8 , be deemed to be the notice under 
section 6 . 
10 . —( 1 ) Whenever the Director is of opinion that 
plants on any land are diseased, he may, with the approval 
of the Resident Councillor or Resident of the Settlement 
wherein such land is situate, make an order placing such 
land or any part thereof in quarantine for such period 
as is prescribed by the order. 
Enforcement 
of the action 
directed. 
Penalty for 
wilful default 
Placing land 
in quarantine 
