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The Plant Protection (Tobacco) Rules, 1941

Legal Notice 308 of 1941

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The Plant Protection (Tobacco) Rules, 1941
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Legal Notice 308 of 1941
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Plant Protection Act
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31 December 2022
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LAWS OF KENYA

PLANT PROTECTION ACT

THE PLANT PROTECTION (TOBACCO) RULES, 1941

LEGAL NOTICE 308 OF 1941

  • Published in Kenya Gazette Vol. XLIII—No. 14 on 1 April 1941
  • Commenced on 1 April 1941
  1. [Revised by 24th Annual Supplement (Legal Notice 221 of 2023) on 31 December 2022]
[Cap. 178 (1948) Sub. Leg., L.N. 49/1959, L.N. 593/1961, L.N. 365/1964.]
1.These Rules may be cited as the Plant Protection (Tobacco) Rules, and shall apply to the areas specified in the Schedule.
(1)Every grower of tobacco plants shall uproot and burn such plants and the stalks and residues thereof before such date as the Minister may from time to time appoint by notice in the Gazette.
(2)No person shall leave tobacco plants growing on land of which he is the occupier or owner before or after such date or between such dates as the Minister may from time to time appoint by notice in the Gazette.
3.On land which has in any year borne tobacco of the type known as light flue-cured leaf, no tobacco shall be planted by any person in the following two years, except with the consent of the Director of Agriculture.
4.On land which has within any period of twelve months borne tobacco of the type known as light flue-cured leaf, no other crop shall, except with the consent of an officer of the Ministry of Agriculture, be planted by any person within the same period of twelve months.

SCHEDULE [r. 1]

District Area
Murang'a .........................................Kigwainis Location.
Embu ................................................The whole of Embu District.
Kitui ..................................................Changwithia, Nyambani and Matinyani Locations.
Kirinyaga .........................................The whole of Kirinyaga District.

Dates appointed under rule 2 of the above Rules

[Cap. 178 (1948), Sub. Leg., L.N. 365/1964.]The 21st April is appointed as the date before which in every year every grower of tobacco plants in the Kigwainis Location of the Murang'a District or in the Embu District or the Kirinyaga District shall uproot and burn such plants and the stalks and residues thereof.The 21st April and the 15th October are appointed as the dates between which no person shall in any year leave tobacco plants growing on land of which he is the occupier or owner in the Kigwainis Location of the Murang'a District or in the Embu District or the Kirinyaga District.
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