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(i Pest" includes everv insect, invertebrate animal, 
rodent, plant and fungus which is destructive or injurious, or 
apt to be destructive or injurious, 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 rhynchophorus 
ferruginous; and “Rhinoceros beetle” means the beetle 
designated oryctes rhinoceros, commonly known also as the 
elephant or ' black beetle and belonging to the group 
Lamellicornia ; 
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“ Supervising Committee ” means the committee refer¬ 
red to in section 4 . 
Appointment 
of officers; 
delegating 
power. 
3,_(X) The Governor may from time to time appoint by 
name or office and when appointed remove so many Inspecting 
Officers and other officers as he considers necessary for carrying 
out ” the per loses of this Ordinance. The appointment of 
Inspecting Officers shall be notified in the Gazette . 
(2) The Governor may also, if he thinks lit, limit the area 
dthiu which such officers or any of them shall exercise the 
owers and perform the duties assigned to them by tins Ordm- 
nce or any rules thereunder. 
(3) With the previous written approval of the Director, 
vhich may be given generally or be restricted to specified cases, 
L n Inspecting Officer may by writing under his hand delegate to 
Lrty officer subordinate to him the exercise- and performance of 
my powers or duties assigned to an Inspecting Officer by this 
Ordinance or any rules thereunder, and such subordinate officer 
nay thereupon exercise and perform the powers and duties so 
delegated. 
( 4 ) All officers appointed under this section, and all officers 
■o whom powers or duties have been delegated under this 
lection when acting within the scope of the powers or duties so 
delegated, shall be deemed to be public servants within the 
meaning of the Penal Code. 
Supervising 
Committee. 
4 .--(l) For the purposes of this Ordinance there shall be a 
Supervising Committee consisting of not less than three P erso[ | s ' 
of whom one shall be the Director and the others shall be 
nominated from time to time by the Governoi ; o ie pers 
be so nominated not more than half shall be officers employed in 
the public service; all nominations under this section Sha 
notified in the Gazette. The Director shall be Chairman of -he 
said Committee. 
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