Noxious Weeds Order
Made 1968-06-07 · Text as of 2026-10-01
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About this law
- Language
- English
- Kind
- Regulation
- Organisation
- Zambezi Watercourse Commission (ZAMCOM)
- Country
- Botswana
- Subjects
- Cultivated plants
- Keywords
- weeds
- Categories
- agriculture
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1/28/2016 Laws of Botswana http://www.elaws.gov.bw/default.php?UID=602 1/2 VOLUME: V CHAPTER:35:04 NOXIOUS WEEDS: SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION INDEX TO SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION Noxious Weeds Order NOXIOUS WEEDS ORDER (under sections 2 and 7) (7th June, 1968) ARRANGEMENT OF PARAGRAPHS PARAGRAPH 1. Citation 2. Application 3. Extension of Act to additional noxious weeds Schedule S.I. 49, 1968, S.I. 84, 1976. 1. Citation This Order may be cited as the Noxious Weeds Order. 2. Application The provisions of the Act shall apply to the whole of Botswana, as shall the provisions of this Order. 3. Extension of Act to additional noxious weeds The provisions of the Act shall apply to the noxious weeds listed in the Schedule, in addition to burweed (Xanthium spinosum), as if such other weeds were also mentioned in section 3. SCHEDULE Cockleburr (Xanthium pungens) Upright Starburr (Acanthospermum hispidum) Spear or Bull Thistle (Cirsium Lanceolatum) Dagga (Cannabis sativa) Mexican Marigold (Tagetas minuta) Dodder (all Cuscutta species) http://www.elaws.gov.bw/sub export.php?id=135 http://www.elaws.gov.bw/rtf pr export.php?id=135 1/28/2016 Laws of Botswana http://www.elaws.gov.bw/default.php?UID=602 2/2 Silky Hakea or Needle Bush (Hakea sericea (Schrad)) Hairy Needle Bush (Haka gibbosa (Cav.)) Sweet Hakea (Hakea suaveolens) Imbricate cactus (Opuntia imbricata (Haw)) Bugtree (Solanum auriculatum Ait) Jointed Cactus (Opuntia aurantiaca) Large Stramonium (Datura ferox (Linn.)) Stramonium (Datura stramonium (Linn.)) Purple Thornapple (Datura tatula (Linn.)) Mexican Poppy (Argenome mexicana (Linn.)) Prostrate Starbur (Acanthospermum australe (Kuntse)) Water Fern (Salvina spp. and other plants of the family Salvinaceae) Water Pest (Anachris spp. or Elodea spp. and other plants of the family Hydrocharitaceae) Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia spp. and other plants of the family Pontedariaceae). Devil's thorn (Tribulus terrestris L.) Poorman' s spinach (Amaranthus thunbergii Moq.) Yellow witchweed (Alectra vogelli Benth) Red witchweed (Striga asiatica (L)).