Power of the Government to regulate or prohibit import, export or

transport of certain fruit plants.––The Government may, for the purpose of maintaining the quality of any fruit plants grown in any part of the

1[Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir] and to protect them from injurious insect pests or plant diseases, by notification in the *[Government Gazette], regulate or prohibit, subject to such restriction and conditions as it may impose, the bringing into, or taking out of the

1[Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir] or any part thereof, otherwise than across customs frontiers as defined by the Parliament, or transport within the

¹ Substituted by S.O. 1229 (E) dated 31.03.2020 for “State”.

1[Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir], of any fruit plants of unknown pedigree or affected by any infectious or contagious pests or diseases.

• • Now Official Gazette. FRUIT NURSERIES (LICENSING) ACT, 1987201