LIBRARY STATE PLANT BOARD ^v-O*- UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 5area.ii of Entomology and Plant Quarantine Washington, D- C. 3. E. P. Q.— 424 March 3, 1927 PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS 0? THE COLONY OP GAMBIA united states department of agriculture Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine Washington, D- C P. q. — 424 March 3, 1937 PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS OF THE COLONY OF GAMBIA This summary of the plant-quarantine import restrictions of the Colony of Gambia has been prepared for the information of nurserymen, plant quarantine officials, and others interested in the exportation of plants and plant oroducts to that colony. It was prepared by Harry 3. Shaw, Plant Quarantine Inspector in Charge, Foreign Information Service, Division of Foreign Plant Quarantines, from the Plant Importation and Regulation Ordinance Ho. 2, of March 14, 1936, and Proclamations promulgated thereunder. The information contained in this circular is believed to be correct and complete up to the time of publication, but it is not intended to be used independently of, nor as a substitute for, the original texts, and it is not to be interpreted as legally authorita- tive. The original texts should be consulted. LEE A. STRONG, Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2013 l http://archive.org/details/gambiac37unit PIANT-QUARAFTINE IIIPOET RESTRICTIONS OP THE CO LOOT OF GAMBIA UBRARY BASIC LEGISLATION The Plant Importation and Regulation Ordinance, No. 2, March 14, 1936 Definitions Section 2 of Ordinance No. 2 includes the following definitions: Plant : Shall include everything in the nature of a plant, and the fruit, leaves, cuttings, bark, or any part thereof whatsoever, whether living or dead, severed or attached, but shall not include seed, unless specifically mentioned, nor manufactured products of plants; Pest : Shall mean any insect or other invertebrate animal that may be injurious to agricultural or horticultural crops; Pl ant dis ease: Shall mean any disease caused by fungus, bacterium, virus, or other organism that may be injurious to agricultural or ho r t i cul tur al crops. Section 4. Authorizes the Governor- in-Council to make re&ulati >na for all or any of the following purposes: (a) Prohibiting, restricting, or regulating the importation into the Colony of any plant, seed, soil, manure, containers, straw, and other packing material or any other similar goods or things; (b) Prescribing or designating the authority which may prescribe the conditions on which any such goods or things as are referred to in the preceding paragraph may be imported into the Colony, including conditions to become operative after importation; (c) Prescribing the places at which any goods or things may be imported into the Colony when not imported by mail; (d) Providing for the detention and examination of any such goods or things on their importation into the Colony; II iffiinSiir OF FL0RIDA 3 1262 09242 2228 (e) Providing for the destruction of any such goods or things which upon importation are found to be infected with any plant disease or pest for their treatment by the Agricultural Department or otherwise, and for the similar treatment of any such goods or things as a precautionary measure whether or not found to be in- fected. Any regulation made under this section may be limited in its application to goods or things coming from particular countries, and such countries may either be specified in the regulation or in a notice by the G-overnor, who may also prescribe penalties for any breach of any such regulations. IMPORTATION PROHIBITED (Proclamation "No. la, Jan. 12, 1925) I mportation of maize and maize straw prohibited .- The importa- tion into the Colony and Protectorate of Gambia is prohibited of any maize or maize straw having come either directly or indirectly from the Gold Coast Colony, Ashanti, West Indies, or the United States of America.