Destructive Insects and Pests Act : POWER OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT TO REGULATE OR PROHIBIT THE IMPORT OF

Destructive Insects and Pests Act,1914

Act No : 2

Section : POWER OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT TO REGULATE OR PROHIBIT THE IMPORT OF ARTICLES LIKELY TO INFECT

SECTION 03: POWER OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT TO REGULATE OR PROHIBIT THE IMPORT OF ARTICLES LIKELY TO INFECT

Amendment made in 1938.- Power under sub-section (1) of this section, prior to its amendment in 1938. was not available to the Central Government for the prohibition or regulation of movement from one part of British India to another of living plants likely to cause infection to any crop. Central control as contemplated in Item 30 of Part II of List III of the Seventh Schedule ofthe Government of India Act, 1935, was considered desirable. The introduction of the amendments made in 1938 now provide for such control.

The amendments also enable the Central Government to exercise control over the importations, and movement from one Province to another Province of live insects which are or may be destructive to crops in other ways than by causing infection to them (See S. 4A). See S.O.R. 1938.