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SPECIFICATION OF TAXES, DUTIES, dec.
PROHIBITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS ON IMPORTS AND EXPORTS—continued.
IMPORTS—continued.
ACTHOIUTY.
All fresh fruit (save as provided at (6) below) and
vegetables in
a
raw state.
All trees and plants and every living part of
a
tree
or plant (including seeds).
All dried plants and flowers.
All flowers cut or otherwise.
Staves which have been used for vine props or
similar purposes.
Ail binding which has been used for vines or other
plants.
Earth and gravel, leaf and garden mould.
All animal and vegetable manures, except guano
bone dust and other fossil or chemically-prepared
manures.
Vine (including the fresh or dry parts of it. but
excluding raisins and currants).
importation prohibited
directly or
indirectly from any
place other than Great Britain.
Northern Ireland, Irish Free
State, Belgium. Denmark.
Holland, Norway, Sweden
and (subject to prior per-
. mission having been obtained
(from the Director of
Agriculture) any other
countries possessing a Go–
vernment Phytcpathclcgical
! Service. Importation xiom
the above-mentioned places
is subject to the conditions
stated at (c) below.
Importation prohibited un–
less the .special permission
of the Governor is obtained.
N o articles, goods or merchandise,
the
importation of which is in any way prohibited
or restricted under the provisions of the Order in Council No. 1421 of the 23rd April,
1931. ate allowed to be imported from any plaee or country from which the importation
of such articles, goods or merchandise i*- not prohibited or restricted, unless the proper
officer of Customs is satisfied that such articles, goods or merchandise do not originate
in any place or country frc:n which the importation of the same is prohibited ur restricted.
0*der in Council No.
1421 of 23rd April.
'9;"1 pub. in Gaz. N o -
-•Ul of 1st May. 1931,
o? amended by Order
in Council No. 1426 of
27Mi Julv. 1931. pub.
in Gaz. "No. 2151 of
31st July, 1931. and-
a~ further amended by
Order in Council No.
HSl-M29th."*tu.p.l9:}2.
nub. iti GKZ. No. 2227
of l--t Julv. 1932.
and that the other n-'iui-eiuent? or the Order mentioned have been
merchandise.
complied with in
respect of stub articie.-. goods or
The Director of Agriculture may. on behalf of the Government, import any articles,
goods or merchandise dealt with under the Order in Council No. 1421 of the 23rd April.
1931. for the purposes of experimental cultivation or scientific investigation.
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(a) Tii« importation of tbe following articles is not prohibited :—Wheat, barley and other cereals, and all dry seeds (except
cotton seed) properly cleaned from the husk, straw and earth ; acorns ; vallouia"; almonds, walnuts, chestnuts, and other nuts,
(including ground nut*-), free from the outer husks, leaves, stalks and branches ; preserves ; crystallized fruits ; bottled and canned
fruits and vegetables hermetically sealed in proper receptacles ;flourand meal of all kinds and every preparation thereof ;
tamarmd ; saponana wood ; vegetables desiccated by artiheial heat and enclosed in packages ; drj- and aromatic plants used for
medicinal purposes and for dyeing, if free of earth ; dried fruit and vegetables, provided the proper officer of Customs is satisfied
that they are bona fide dried fruit and vegetables, and subject to inspection by any officer of the Agricultural Department and
to any treatment- at the expense and risk of the importer which m a y be required by such officer ; carob.*. if free from earth (Order
in Council No. 1121 of 23rd April, 1931. published in Gazette No. 2131 of 1st May. 1931).
Potatoes for seed purposes only m a y be imported at Famagusta, Larnaca, Limassoi or Paphos in such quantities and from
such countries only as shall be specially authorized beforehand in writing by the Director of Asricukure. The potatoes must
be imported direct from the country of origin, provided that they m a y be transhipped if they remain in Customs charge while
at the transhipping port. Even* consignment of potatoes for seed purposes must be accompanied by the documents set out in
Order in Council No. 1305 of 20th May, 1929, published in GazeUe No. 1985 of 23rd May, 1929. and is subject to inspection by
the Director of Agriculture or an inspecting officer acting on his behalf.
The importation from the American Continent (including Canada, the United States of America, South America and West
Indies), China, Cochiu-China, Greece, India, Russia, Turkestan, Turkey, and from any country not possessing a Government
Entomological- service, either directly or indirectly, of cotton seed and seed cotton, and any green or living part of the Cotton
Plant; of dry loaves, sticks, or refuse of the Cotton Plant; of raw cotton ; and of packing material which has or IB suspected of
having been used in the transportation or storage of any part of the Cotton Plant, is permitted through the Port of Famagusta
if the importation is accompanied by a statutory declaration in the prescribed form and if forthwith on importation these articles
are disinfected in such manner as the Director of Agriculture shall prescribe, or placed in quarantine in such place and for such
period as he shall deem fit. If the aforesaid articles have been imported from a country other than those herein mentioned,
importation is permitted through the Port of Famagusta provided that such importation is accompanied by a statutory declaration
by the shipper in the prescribed form naming the place of origin (Order in Council No. 1054 of 13th Mav. 1925, published in Gazette
No. 1G95 of 15th May, 1925).
\6) Tomato and banana fruit and water melons m a y be imported from Palestine on the foUowing conditions only — T h e y
shall be imported directly from that country ; each consignment shall be accompanied by a certificate from the competent authority
of the country of origin in the form of schedule E to tho Order in Council No. 1421 of the 23rd April, 1931 (Gazette N o °131 of
1st May, 1931). certifying that the consignment has been fumigated and stating the kind and quantity of chemicals used the
duration of treatment, tlie space occupied during treatment and whether the treatment was carried out undor sm--le or double
fumigation shoots, in an utr-tight chamber or in a vacuum apparatus; such treatment shall be subject to the approval ofthe Director
of Agriculture ; all consignments shall bo subject to inspection by any officer of the Agricultural Department duly authorized
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c) Such goods, articles or merchandise shall be accompanied by a certificate in the form of schedule D to the Order in Cminoil
No. 14S1 of 21H.I. .Time. 1932. (GazeUe No. 2227 of 1st July, 1932), a copy of which certificate shall be delivered to the DiJeT'or
of Agriculture seven days beiorc tho arrival of the consignment to wliich such certificate refers (or if such consi"-unpnt is i„,nnrt«i
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u u u m
t n
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-v c
mno ed
by post then a certificate in tne same form shall be attached or affixed to the postal package on the outer side) • thev shall be
subject to inspection by any oibcial of the Agricultural Department duly authorized in that behalf by the Director of Sericulture-
they shall bo subject to any treatment which the inspecting official m a y require ; importers of such goods etc shall iriform the
Director of Agriculture in writing of the arrival or the expected arrival of any such goods, articles or merchandise • such <-oods
otc., shall bo completely enclosed within stout packing material, wliich shall be clearly labelled on the outside with the identification
marks and tho name of the goods, articles or merchandise therein contained and shall only be opened in the presence of an officer
of the Agricultural Department duly authorized in that bohalf by the Director of Agriculture. (Ord-*r m Council N o U*M
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23rd April, 1931. published in Gazti'r No. 2131 of 1st May, 1931).
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