Coconut and other Palms, Regulations and Notice

1991 ED] PLANT PESTS ACT [CAP 171 G.N. 8/1926. Mahe declared infected. Coconut leavesnot to bemoved from Malle. Coconut leafbasket not to be taken on board vessel. Officer and Agricultural Department may destroy leaves, etc, SECTIONS 7 AND 8 COCONUT AND OTHER PALMS, REGULATIONS AND NOTICE [26th January, 1926} Notice is hereby given that the Minister, under powers conferred by section 7(1) of the Plant Pests Act, has declared and hereby declares the whole of the Island of Mahe to be infected with scale insects attacking coconut and other palms. In consequence of the above and under powers conferred by section See) of the Act, the Minister has made the following regulations with effect from the date of the publication of this notice. Regulations 1. It shall notbe lawful forany personto transport or remove coconut leavesfromMahe to anypart of Seychelles. 2. It shall not be lawful for anypersonto transport, use or in any other way to be in possession of any coconut leaf basket (capatia) on board any vessel or other craft proceeding from Mahe to anyother part of Seychelles. 3. It shall be lawful for anyofficer ofthe Agricultural Depart ment to destroy any coconut leaves or coconut leaf baskets found on any vessel or other craft proceeding or about to proceed from Mahe to any other part of Seychelles without prejudice to the penalties enacted by the Act for breach of regulations madeunder the Act. 2