Bihar Prevention and Control of Agricultural Pests, Diseases and Noxious Weeds Act, 1953

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    "title": "Bihar Prevention and Control of Agricultural Pests, Diseases and Noxious Weeds Act, 1953",
    "short_title": "Bihar Prevention and Control of Agricultural Pests, Diseases and Noxious Weeds Act, 1953",
    "act_number": "[Bihar Act 22 of 1953]",
    "act_year": 1953,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Bihar",
    "law_status": "unknown",
    "enactment_date": null,
    "description": "Bihar Prevention and Control of Agricultural Pests, Diseases and Noxious Weeds Act, 1953",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title and extent.",
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            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Definitions.",
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            "content": "(a) \"Agricultural Officer\" means an agricultural officer appointed under Section 10;\n(b) \"Deputy Director of Agriculture\" means an officer-in-charge of a Range of the Agriculture Department comprising the local area notified under Section 3 or any other person appointed by the State Government to discharge all or any of the functions of the Deputy Director of Agriculture under this Act;\n(c) \"insect pest\"means any insect or other invertebrate animal which has been declared to be an insect pest by notification under Section 3;\n(d) \"notified area\" means any area specified in the notification issued under Section 3 in which a declaration made under the said section shall remain in force;\n(e) \"noxious weed\" means any weed declared to be a noxious weed by notification under Section 3;\n(f) \"occupier\" means the person having for the time being the right of occupation of land or his agent, authorised agent or any person in actual occupation of the land and includes a local authority having such right of occupation or in such actual occupation;\n(g) \"plant\" includes all agricultural or horticultural crops, trees, bushes or herbs or the seed, fruit or any part thereof which is used for food of man or beast or for any purposes in connection with art or manufacture;\n(h) \"plant diseases\" means any fungoid, bacterial virus, parasitical or other disease declared to be a plant disease by notification under Section 3; and\n(i) \"prescribed\" means prescribed by Rules made under this Act.",
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            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Power to declare insect pests, diseases, noxious weeds and direct measures to eradicate or prevent them.",
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            "content": "(i) declare that such pest, disease or weed is an insect pest, plant disease or noxious weed;\n(ii) specify the local area within which and the period during which the declaration shall remain in force;\n(iii) prohibit or restrict the movement or removal of any plant, earth, soil or manure from any place in the notified area to any place outside it;\n(iv) direct the carrying out of such preventive or remedial measures, including the destruction of any insect pest, plant disease or noxious weed or any plants as the State Government may deem necessary in order to eradicate such pest, disease or weed or to prevent its introduction, spread or re-appearance, and\n(v) prescribe the period within which it shall not be lawful to plant with a specified crop the whole or any portion of the notified area.",
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            "number": "3",
            "title": "4. Duties of occupier on the issue of a notification under Section 3.",
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            "sort_order": 3
        },
        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Power of Agricultural Officer to enter upon any lands.",
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            "content": "(i) whether there is any insect pest, plant disease or noxious weed on such land; and\n(ii) whether the preventive or remedial measures or both, as the case may require, mentioned in the notification issued under Section 3 have been carried out.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Notice to occupier to carry out preventive or remedial measures.",
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            "sort_order": 5
        },
        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "7. Failure to comply with notice under Section 6 and power of Agricultural Officers to carry out measures.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 6
        },
        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Duty of certain village officers to report appearance of insect pests, plant diseases or noxious weeds.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 7
        },
        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Offences and penalties.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 8
        },
        {
            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Appointment of Agricultural Officers.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 9
        },
        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Bar of suits or other legal proceedings.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "12",
            "title": "12. Delegation of powers.",
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            "sort_order": 11
        },
        {
            "number": "13",
            "title": "13. Power to make Rules.",
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            "content": "(a) the form or manner of giving notice under Section 5;\n(b) the manner of making an inquiry under Section 5;\n(c) the method of publication of description of insect pests, plant diseases, noxious weeds and the treatment to be followed;\n(d) prescribing the subsidy which the State Government may pay to an occupier under sub-section (5) of Section 6;\n(e) prescribing the manner in which the cost should be calculated under sub-section (1) of Section 7 and the items which should be taken into account in calculating such costs;\n(f) prescribing the officers to whom an appeal may be made and the procedure to be followed in such appeal under Section 6 and 7;\n(g) prescribing the notices and methods of service thereof, and registers needed for the effective working of the Act; and\n(h) any other matter which is required to be or may be prescribed.",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "Last Updated 31st January, 2020 [bh617]",
        "Act Number": "[Bihar Act 22 of 1953]",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "1953",
        "Short Title": "Bihar Prevention and Control of Agricultural Pests, Diseases and Noxious Weeds Act, 1953",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Bihar"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
}