Power to declare affected area, plant diseases, plant pests, plant parasites and noxious weeds.

3. Where it appears to the Government that any disease, pest, parasite or weed in any area is injurious to plants or is likely to contaminate water or is obstructive to water-ways and that it is necessary to take measures to eradicate such disease, pest, parasite or weed or to prevent its introduction into, or spread or reappearance in, any area in the Union territory of Puducherry (hereinafter referred to as the “Territory”), the Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare that area to be an affected area for such period as may be specified therein and may, with reference to such area, also

(a) declare that such disease, pest, parasite or weed is a plant disease, plant pest, plant parasite or noxious weed;

(b) prohibit or restrict the movement or removal of any plant, soil or manure from one plant to another;

(c) prohibit the plantation or growing of any plant which is, or is likely to be, injurious to other plants; and

(d) direct that such other preventive or remedial measures, as the competent authority may consider necessary, to eradicate, destroy or prevent the introduction into, or spread or reappearance in, the territory of, any plant disease, plant pest, plant parasite or noxious weed, shall be carried out.