LAGOS STATE AGRICULTURAL LAW

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LIST OF LAWS OF LAGOS, [ALPHABETICAL]  

AGRICULTURAL LAW

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

1.       Authorized Officers

2.       Power to make regulations

3.       Furnishing of information

4.       Offences

5.       Prosecution

6.       Defence in civil and criminal proceedings

7.       Power to sue for fees, etc

8.       Transitional provisions

9.       Interpretation

10.     Citation

AGRICULTURAL LAW

A LAW TO MAKE PROVISIONS F’OR THE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF PLANT DISEASES, PESTS AND NOXIOUS WEEDS AND FOR CONNECTED PURPOSES

[27 OF 1959. 1961 NO.68. L.S.L.N. 16 OF 1972]

[Commencement]                                       [31st December, 1972]

1.      Authorised officers The Commissioner may designate any officer in the Public Service of the State as an authorised officer for the purposes of this Law.

2.      Power to make regulations

(1)     Subject to the Regulations Approval Law the Commissioner will make  regulations for—

(a)     the prevention and control of plant diseases, pests and noxious weeds;

(b)     prohibiting temporarily the growth or cultivation of any plant or crop during specified periods of the year;

(c)     prohibiting the sowing or planting of any kind of plant;

(d)     specifying any particular kind of seed or plant as the only kind permitted to be used;

(e)     controlling the distribution of any kind of seed or planting material;

(f)      the charging of fees in respect of matters to which the regulations relate:

(g)     generally for carrying into effect the provisions of this Law.

(2)     Regulations made under this section may provide that a contravention of any specified regulations will be an offence and may provide penalties in respect of it:

Provided that the penalties provided in respect of any such offence shall not exceed a fine of Ninety Thousand Naira (N90,000.00) and imprisonment for six (6) months.

LAWS OF LAGOS STATE

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