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(1) The1[State Government] may1[by notification in the official Gazette,]2[* * *] make rules for the detention, inspection, disinfection or destruction3[of any insect or class of insects or] of any article or class of articles4in respect of which a notification has been issued under Section 33[or under Section4A] or of any article which may have been in contact or proximity thereto, and for regulating the powers and duties of the officers whom it may appoint in this behalf.
(2) In making any rule under this Section the1[State Government] may direct that a breach thereof shall be punishable with fine, which may extend to one thousand rupees.
5[(3) Every rule made by the State Government under this Section shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before the State Legislature.]
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1. Substituted for "Provincial Government" by A. L.O., 1950.
2. Words "subject to the control of the Governor-General in Council" were omitted by A.O.. 1937.
3. Inserted by the Destructive Insects and Pests (Amendment) Act. 1938 (6 of 1918),Section 6 w.e.f. 12-3-1938.
4. For Infected Articles (Detention. Inspection, Disinfection and Destruction) Rules in the States of Kerala. Mysore, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra and the Union Territory of Himachal Pradesh now a State, sec Ker. Gaz.. 8-11-1960, Part. I,Section 4, p. I (G. 3261); Mys. Gaz., 29-8-1963, Part IV.Section 1(c)(ii). p. 2303; A.P. Gaz. 23-1-1964. Part II. R.S., p. 23; Maha. Gaz.. 28-5-1964. Part IV-B, p. 525 and H. P. Gaz.. 19-11-1960, Part ll, p. 1014, respectively.
For U. P. Infected Plants and Plant Materials Rules, 1948 and U. P. Plants and Plant Materials (Inspection and Examination) Rules. 1948. see U. P. Gaz.,. 1948. Part I-A. pp. 537 and 538. .
5. Inserted by the Delegated Legislation Provisions (Amendment) Act (4 of 1986),Section 2. Schedule w.e.f. 15-5-86.