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A BILL 
intituled 
AN Ordinance to provide for the Protection of Trees;. 
Plants and Cultivated Products from Disease and Pests. 
It is hereby enacted by the Governor of the straits Settle¬ 
ments with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council 
thereof as follows 
1 . —(1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Agricultural 
Pests Ordinance, 1918 . 
( 2 ) Subsection ( 2 ) of section 14 shall not come into force 
Until such date as the Governor by notification in the Gazette 
prescribes in that behalf, and the operation thereof may *rom time 
to time thereafter be suspended by the Governof by such notifica¬ 
tion as aforesaid for such periods as he thinks fit. 
2 , In this Ordinance, unless there is something repugnant 
in the subject or context— 
“ Director ” means the Director of Agriculture, Federated 
Malay States; 
'• Diseased" means attacked by or affected with any 
pest; 
“Inspecting Officer" includes the Director and any 
officer appointed under section 3 to be an Inspecting Officer 
under this- Ordinance and also any officer to whom an 
Inspecting Officer has delegated by writing under his hand the 
exercise or performance of any power or duty conferred or 
imposed by this Ordinance on an Inspecting Officer, to the 
extent of the powers or duties so delegated; 
“ Owner ” includes, with reference to any land, all 
* lessees or tenants of such land, and “ Occupier " includes,, 
with reference to any land, all persons in actual occupation 
*>r charge thereof; 
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Short tills, 
comniencs- 
ment and 
repeal. 
Interpreta¬ 
tion. 
