10 . —( 1 ) Whenever the Director is of opinion that plants on 
any land are diseased, he may with the approval of the 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. 
( 2 ) So long as an order of quarantine applies to any land no 
person shall remove any plant therefrom except with the per¬ 
mission and under and in accordance with the direction of an 
Inspecting Officer. 
( 3 ) Any land placed in quarantine under subsection ( 1 ) shall 
continue in quarantine until the Director certifies that no plants 
thereon are diseased. 
11 . Any owner or occupier of land quarantined under sec¬ 
tion 10 may apply to an Inspecting Officer to examine the quaran¬ 
tined area with a view to obtaining from the Director the 
certificate referred to in subsection ( 3 ) of section 10 , and the 
Inspecting Officer shall as soon as convenient after receipt of 
such application visit and examine the said area; provided that 
•every such application except the first shall be accompanied by a 
deposit of ten dollars towards the cost of such visit and exami¬ 
nation, and if the cost thereof amounts to less than ten dollars 
the balance remaining after deduction of the said cost shall be 
refunded to the depositor. 
12 . If in the opinion of the Director the destruction of any 
■diseased plant is a matter of necessity and extreme urgency, he 
may forthwith make an order in writing directing the immediate 
destruction of such plant by any person referred to in the order, 
and the said plant shall be destroyed accordingly and the cost of 
such destruction, if incurred by any person other than the owner 
or occupier of the land whereon such diseased plant was, shall be 
defrayed by such owner or occupier. 
13 . —(1) Every Inspecting Officer shall within the area, if 
any, limited by his appointment have power 
(a) to enter at all reasonable times with or without 
assistants upon any land and to remain there so 
long as is reasonably necessary for the purpose of 
ascertaining whether any locust’s eggs or any 
locusts in the stage in which they are known as 
hoppers are in or upon such laid; 
(b) to enter with or without assistants and with such 
instruments and things, if any, as he deems 
necessary upon any land on or in which there are 
any locust’s eggs or any locusts in the stage in 
which they are known as hoppers and to take and 
cause to be taken thereon any action, whether by 
means of poison or of mechanical apparatus or 
otherwise howsoever, which he deems proper 
Placing land 
in quarantine. 
I ' 
Application 
for examina¬ 
tion of 
quarantined 
area. 
Power to 
order imme¬ 
diate destruc* 
tion of plants. 
1 
Entry for 
inspection or 
action with 
regard to 
locusts’ eggs 
and locusts. 
