Compensation 
for destruction 
of coconut trees. 
Destruction of 
matter likely to 
harbour beetles. 
Access to coco¬ 
nut plantations., 
etc. 
Compensat ion. 
6 No. 18 of 1913. 
Enactment, 1911," in the place where such trees are situated or to 
such other officer as the Resident of the State may by notification in 
the Gazette appoint in that behalf such trees as are infected with 
rhinoceros beetles or red beetles ; any Collector or Assistant Collector 
having authority as aforesaid or any other officer appointed as 
aforesaid may order that any coconut tree infected with rhinoceros 
beetles or red beetles be cleaned or cut down or be burned or buried in 
the manner prescribed in section 15, and the penghulu of the ruukim 
wherein such tree is situated shall see that such order is carried out. 
(ii) The duties assigned by this section to penghulus of muldms 
shall in any mukim for which there is no penghulu be performed by 
such native officer as may be directed by such Collector or Assistant 
Collector as aforesaid to perform the said duties. 
17 . In any State the Resident may from time to time make such 
compensation as he may think fit to any owner of a coconut tree who, 
being in needy circumstances, is required to destroy such tree: pro¬ 
vided that the compensation in respect of any one tree shall not exceed 
five dollars and that the compensation given in one year to any one 
person shall not exceed one hundred dollars. 
18. If any person keeps on his premises dead coconut trees or 
stumps, coconut timber, rubbish heaps, accumulations of dung, 
vegetable refuse or other matter likely to harbour or become breeding 
places for rhinoceros beetles or red beetles and neglects or refuses to 
remove or destroy the same when required so to do by a notice In 
writing from any such officer as is in section 16 referred to, he shall be 
liable to fine not exceeding one hundred dollars and any such officer 
as is in section 16 referred to may cause such trees, stumps, timber, 
rubbish heaps or other accumulations to be removed or destroyed and 
may recover the cost of such removal or destruction by civil suit from 
the person so neglecting or refusing as aforesaid. 
19 . All District Officers, all officers appointed under “The Land 
Enactment, 1911,” and all officers appointed by the Resident of any 
State by notification in the Gazette to exercise any powers under section 
16 shall within the areas over which, their powers extend have access at 
all reasonable times into and upon any land whereon any coconut 
tree is growing for the purpose of inspecting such tree and also into 
and upon any land or premises where there is reason to suppose that 
there are kept any such things as in section 18 are referred to. 
20. Subject to the provisions of section 17, no owner or occupier 
of land shall be entitled to compensation for any expense incurred or 
damage occasioned by any order given or act done in pursuance of the 
provisions of this Enactment or any rule thereunder unless such 
damage were occasioned maliciously and without reasonable cause; but 
the Chief Secretary may, in his discretion, order that such compensation 
as he may think fit bo paid to the owner or occupier of any land w r ho 
is required to destroy as a measure of precaution any plant thereon 
not being diseased. No application for compensation shall be enter¬ 
tained unless it be in writing and be received in the office of the Chief 
Secretary within three months from the date of the notice requiring 
the destruction of such plant, and in no case shall compensation be 
paid in excess of the actual value of the plant destroyed at the date of 
such notice; if any question arise as to such actual value, the decision 
of the Director thereon, shall be final and conclusive. 
