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Agricultural Pests and Noxious Plants (Amendment) Act 1984.

Country/Territory
Malaysia
Document type
Legislation
Date
1984
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Agricultural Pests and Noxious Plants (Amendment) Act 1984, 3 pp.
Long title
An Act to amend the Agricultural Pests and Noxious Plants Act 1976.
Subject
Cultivated plants
Keyword
Plant protection Quarantine Pests/diseases
Geographical area
Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, South-Eastern Asia
Abstract

The Agricultural Pests and Noxious Plants Act 1976 shall, upon the entry into force of this Act, be cited as the Plant Quarantine Act 1976. The long title of the principal Act shall read as follows: "An Act to amend and consolidate the laws relating to the control, prevention and eradication of agricultural pests, noxious plants and plant diseases and to extend cooperation in the control of the movement of pests in international trade and for matters connected therewith.". Further amendments concern, inter alia, Section 2 on certain definitions, the insertion of new subsection (5) to Section 13 on compensation for damages, the insertion of Section 19A on the establishment of general penalties.

Full text
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References - Legislation

Amends

Agricultural Pests and Noxious Plants Act 1976 (No. 167 of 1976).

Legislation | Malaysia | 1976

Keyword: Plant protection, Pests/diseases, Disinfection/disinfestation, Integrated pest management-IPM/pest management strategies, Soil conservation/soil improvement, Soil pollution/quality, Traditional rights/customary rights

Source: FAO, FAOLEX