Published in the Federated Malay State* Government Gazette 
of A'tnjud 1 , 1913 ,'No, 38 , Yol, V, Notification No. 2124 , 
' 
FEDE RATED MALAY STATES. 
ENACTMENT No. 13 of 1913 . 
An Enactment to provide for the Protection of Trees, 
Plants and Cultivated Products from Disease and 
Pests. 
[ 30 th July, 1913 .] 
Arthur Young, 
President of the Federal Council. 
I T is hereby enacted by the Eulers of the Federated Malay States 
iu Council as follows : 
1. (i) Tliis Enactment may be cited as “The Agricultural Pests 
Enactment, 1913 ,” and shall come into force on the publication 
thereof in the Gazette: provided that sub-section (ii) of section 13 
shall not come into force until such date as the Chief Secretary may 
by notification in the Gazette prescribe in that behalf and that the 
operation thereof may from time to time thereafter be suspended bv 
the Chief Secretary by sucli notification as aforesaid for such periods 
as lie mav think fit. 
(ii) On the coming into force of this Enactment the Enactments 
mentioned in the schedule shall be repealed. 
2 . In this Enactment, unless the context otherwise requires, the 
following terms shall have the meanings hereby assigned to them 
respectively: 
(i) “ Chief Secretary ” means the Chief Secretary to Government, 
Federated Malay States; 
(ii) “Director means the Director- of Agriculture, Federated 
Malay States; 
(iii) “ Diseased means attacked by or affected with any pest; 
(iv) “Inspecting Officer” includes the Director and any officer 
appointed under section 3 to be an Inspecting Officer under this 
Enactment and also any officer to whom an Inspecting Officer shall 
have delegated by writing under his hand the exercise or performance 
of any power or duty conferred or imposed by this Enactment on an 
Inspecting Officer, to the extent of the powers or duties so delegated ; 
(v) “ Owner ” includes, with reference to any land, all persons 
registered in any land office or registry of titles as owners or lessees of 
such land, and “ Occupier” includes, with reference to any land, all 
persons in actual occupation or charge thereof ; 
(vi) “Pest” includes every insect, invertebrate animal, rodent, 
plant and fungus which is destructive or injurious, or apt to be 
destructive or injurious, to cultivated plants ; 
(vii) “ 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 ; 
Short title, 
commencement 
anti repeal, 
Interpretation. 
