Nigeria - 1964 - Agriculture and Rural Development

Agriculture (Control of Importation) Act.

Ministry of Agriculture ,Ministry of Rural Development, Nigeria

This is an Act to make provisions for regulating the importation of articles to control plant diseases and pests. Regulation 6 concerns diseases and pests, it states that where plants, seeds, soil, containers, straw or other packing materials or any other similar goods or things are on importation found or suspected to be infected with any plant disease or pest, an authorized officer may order them to be destroyed or may direct that they shall not be imported until they have been treated to his satisfaction for the removal of the plant disease or pest.

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Agriculture (Control of Importation) Act. Current Version

January 2022

This is an Act to make provisions for regulating the importation of articles to control plant diseases and pests. Regulation 6 concerns diseases and pests, it states that where plants, seeds, soil, containers, straw or other packing materials or any other similar goods or things are on importation found or suspected to be infected with any plant disease or pest, an authorized officer may order them to be destroyed or may direct that they shall not be imported until they have been treated to his satisfaction for the removal of the plant disease or pest.

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