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| (1) The Minister may, from time to time by Notification in the Gazette, declare the quarantine pests which shall not be imported into Sri lanka as themselves or as infestations or any plant or plant product unless imported under the provisions of subsection (6) of this section. |
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| (2) If any person has proof of the presence of a quarantine pest or pests declared by the Minister under subsection (1), of this section, within any area in Sri Lanka he shall for with inform in writing the presence of such pest or pests to the Director-General. |
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| (3) No person shall knowingly keep, sell, plant, release, deliver, or otherwise dispose of, or knowingly cause or permit to be kept, sold, planted, released, delivered, or otherwise disposed of, any plant or plant product infested with any quarantine pest, declared by the Minister under subsection (1) of this section, unless such person has specific written instructions from the Director-General to do so. |
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| (4) Nothing in subsection (3), of this section shall prohibit the destruction, or the delivery to the Director-General or to an authorised officer, of any plant or plant product referred to in subsection (3) of this section. |
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| (5) If the Director-General receives any information regarding the presence of any quarantine pest or pests in any area within Sri Lanka, he shall forthwith take such action as may be deemed necessary to control such pest or pests. |
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| (6) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Act, any quarantine pest or pests declared by the Minister under sub section (1), or any plant or plant product infested by such pest or pests may be imported into Sri Lanka strictly for scientific studies by the Government of Sri Lanka after giving notice to the Director-General, under tile authority of an import permit issued by the Director-General, and in accordance with such conditions including conditions as to the facilities and trained personnel for the proper quarantine of the material imported, as may be specified by she Director-General. |
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| (7) The importation of quarantine pest or pests, or plant or plants or plant products infested by such pests under sub-section (6) shall be done only for the use of a government department or a public corporation engaged in scientific research and only if proper facilities including the trained personnel specified by the Director-General are available in such department or corporation for the containment and quarantine of such pest or pests or such plants or such plant products. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts