Swollen Shoot Regulations

— 264 CAP. 10] Agriculture | 4. In any area in which bud-rot is prevalent, no Person sI 1 On shall 4; oil palm or coconut palm, all tap any Penalty: a fine of twenty naira. 5. The tapping of oil palms by the process gene “cabbage tapping” is prohibited. “Cabbage tapping” is the method by which wine ( : . " (Sap) Is made to exude from the palm by cutting away the plant tissue immediately below the growing point or bud. rally known as Penalty: a fine of twenty naira. Agriculture Law SWOLLEN SHOOT REGULATIONS hort title. . . . 5 eerie 1. These regulations may be cited as the Swollen Shoot Regulations, Interpretation 2. In these regulations— “Chief Inspector” means Chief Inspector of Agriculture: “owner” includes any person entitled to reap the fruits of a cocoa tree: “represt¢ntative” means any person detailed by the Chief Inspector, or any person duly authorized by him, to carry out the survey of cocoa trees and. control swollen shoot disease for the purposes of these regulations. , “swollen shoot disease” means the virus disease of cocoa common} known as swollen shoot, with all its recognized forms and variants Power to enter 3. The Chief Inspector or his representative may enter and ee peek soa any cocoa farm and may mark any cocoa tree for the purposs cocoa trees controlling swollen shoot disease. ~ Power to destroy 4. TI + 6 i i av or others ) -Th 2 troy or aifectadl aces. he Chief Inspector or his representative may destro} ete ee onion treat any cocoa tree or any other tree or plant, which in his op infested with swollen shoot disease. yise IK 1 Shoot Regier acute | Agriculture | | {CAP. 10 265 | 5. The — Inspector or his representative shall, by public announcement in the neighbourhood not less than twenty-one days before the date of such marking and treating, give notice of his intention to mark or treat cocoa trees with such information as to the time and place of the proposed operations as 1s reasonable for the purpose of affording the owners of the trees an opportunity to he present when their trees are marked or treated. 6. Where notice has been given under regulation 5 and the owner or his agent fails to attend, the Chief Inspector or his representative may exercise in his absence any of the powers conferred under these regulations. Notice of intention lo mark and treat trees. Power may be exercised i absence of ow viet tik. ome tam Uesany mpAY GF RUSK BY WER | RC, Maman ae LOM MB ccaspeers ety MR,