Himachal Pradesh Agricultural Pests, Diseases and Noxious Weeds Act, 1969
Himachal Pradesh Agricultural Pests, Diseases and Noxious Weeds Act, 1969
The Himachal Pradesh Agricultural Pests, Diseases and Noxious Weeds Act, 1969, is a regulatory framework designed to protect the state's agricultural economy. It empowers the State Government to identify and declare specific pests, diseases, or weeds as threats to crops. Once an area is "notified," land occupiers are legally obligated to implement eradication or preventive measures. The Act provides for official inspections, mandates cooperation from citizens—including emergency assistance during locust invasions—and establishes penalties for non-compliance. For the ordinary citizen or farmer, this law ensures collective action against agricultural threats, safeguarding food security and livelihoods through state-supervised intervention.
- 1. Short title and extent
- 2. Definitions
- 3. Power to declare insect, vertebrate or invertebrate animal, plant disease and noxious weed and direct measures to eradicate or prevent them
- 4. Duties of occupier on the issue of a notification under section 3
- 5. Power of Inspector to enter upon any land or premises
- 6. Notice to occupier to carry out preventive or remedial measures
- 7. Failure to comply with notice under section 6 and power of Inspector to carry out measures
- 8. Duty of certain village officers to report appearance of pests, plant diseases or noxious weeds
- 9. Offences and penalties
- 10. Appointment of Inspectors
- 11. Bar of suits or other legal proceedings
- 12. Delegation of powers
- 13. Rules
- 14. Repeal and savings
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