West Pakistan Agricultural Pests Ordinance, 1959

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THE WEST PAKISTAN AGRICULTURAL PESTS ORDINANCE, 
1959 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CONTENTS 
Preamble 
1. Short title, extent and commencement 
2. Definitions 
3. Powers of Government 
4. Occupier to carry out preventive measures 
5. Appointment of Inspectors 
6. Powers of Inspectors 
7. Notice to occupier to carry out preventive measures 
8. Powers of Inspectors to take preventive measures and to recover expenses incurred in 
connection therewith 
9. Powers of Government to declare affected area and to recover costs of remedial and preventive 
measures in such areas 
10. Penalty for contravening the provisions of section 3 or section 4 
11. Appeals 
12. Power to amend the Schedule 
13. Bar of suits 
14. Jurisdiction 
15. Government to make rules 
16. Repeal and Savings 
 

 
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THE WEST PAKISTAN AGRICULTURAL PESTS ORDINANCE, 1959 
WEST PAKISTAN ORDINANCE No. XXVIII OF 1959 
[11th May, 1959] 
AN 
ORDINANCE 
to amend and consolidate the law relating to the eradication of agricultural pests in the Province of 
West Pakistan. 
Preamble. WHEREAS it is expedient to amend and consolidate the law relating to the 
eradication of agricultural pests in the Province of West Pakistan; 
NOW, THEREFORE, in pursuance of the Presidential Proclamation of the seventh day of 
October, 1958, and in exercise of all powers enabling him in that behalf, the Governor of West Pakistan 
is pleased to make and promulgate the following Ordinance:– 
1. Short title, extent and commencement . (1) This Ordinance may be called the West 
Pakistan Agricultural Pests Ordinance, 1959. 
1[(2) It extends to the whole of the Province of West Pakistan, except the Tribal Areas.] 
(3) It shall come into force in  such area or areas and from such date or dates as Government 
may, by notification, specify. 
2. Definitions. In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires, the following 
expressions shall have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say__ 
(a) “affected area” means any area affected by an agricultural pest; 
(b) “agricultural pest” means a pest mentioned in the Schedule to this Ordinance; 
(c) “crops” include all agricultural or horticultural crops and all trees, bushes or 
plants; 
(d) “Government” means the Government of West Pakistan; 
(e) “infested crop” means a crop affected by any agricultural pest; 
(f) “Inspector” means an officer appointed under this Ordinance to perform the 
functions of an Inspector; 
(g) “occupier” means the person in actual possession of land and includes the 
manager or managing agent or any other person authorised to represent the 
occupier; 
 
1Subs. by the West Pakistan Laws (Extension to Karachi) Ordinance, 1964 (Ordinance No. VII of 1964), s. 2 and Sch. 
 
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(h) “preventive measures” means measures prescribed by Government to eradicate 
and to prevent the spread of any agricultural pest; and 
(i) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Ordinance. 
3. Powers of Government. Government may, by notification, prohibit__ 
(a) the employment of such methods of cultivation as help the spread of agricultural 
pests either generally or with respect to any particular crop; 
(b) the transport or sale of any infested crop. 
4. Occupier to carry out preventive measures . Every occupier of land in which any crop is 
cultivated shall be bound to carry out the preventive measures prescribed in respect of such crop or 
crops. 
5. Appointment of Inspectors. Government may, by notification, appoint such persons as it 
thinks fit to be Inspectors for the purposes of this Ordinance within each such local area as may be 
specified, and the persons so appointed shall be deemed to be public servants within the meani ng of 
section 21 of the Pakistan Penal Code (XLV of 1860). 
6. Powers of Inspector s. An Inspector may, subject to any rules  made in this behalf by 
Government__ 
(a) at any time enter and inspect any land, building, place, vessel or vehicle for the 
purpose of exercising the powers or performing the duties conferred or imposed 
on him by or under this Ordinance; 
(b) seize any infested crop and destroy or cause to be destroyed such crop in such 
manner as may be prescribed; 
(c) seize any infested crop or  by a requisition in writing direct the occupier or the 
person incharge of such crop not to sell or dispose of or pick or collect or move 
the seized crop from such place as may be specified in the requisition without 
the written permission of such authority as may be prescribed in this behalf. 
7. Notice to occupier to carry out preventive measures . (1) Whenever an Inspector is 
satisfied that preventive measures have not been duly carried out by the occupier of any land he shall 
call upon such occupier by no tice in writing to carry out such measures within fifteen days of the 
receipt of the notice. 
(2) The occupier may within seven days from the service upon him of such notice prefer an 
appeal to the Collector, or Deputy Collector, or Assistant Collector, first grade, specially empowered 
in this behalf by the Collector, against the notice. 
(3) The authority before whom the appeal is preferred may extend the time specified in the 
notice issued under sub-section (1) and shall, after giving the occupier an opportunity of being heard, 
pass such order on the appeal as he thinks fit. 
(4) Every order passed under sub-section (3) shall be final. 
 
 
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8. Powers of Inspectors to take preventive measures and to recover expenses incurred in 
connection therewith. (1) If an occupier on whom a notice has been served under sub -section (1) of 
section 7 does not comply with such notice within the time specified therein or where an appeal has 
been preferred by him under sub-section (2) of that section, does not comply with the order passed on 
such appeal within seven days, the Inspector may carry out or cause to be carried out the preventive 
measures not undertaken, at the cost of the occupier and for such purpose may take with him or depute 
or employ such subordinates or other persons as he deems fit. 
(2)  Where an Inspector has taken any action under this Ordinance in respect of any property 
at the expenses of a person bound to take such action he may record a certificate indicating the amount 
of the cost and the person from whom such amount is recoverable and such amount shall be recoverable 
as arrears of land revenue. 
9. Powers of Government to declare affected area and to recover costs of remedial and 
preventive measures in such areas. (1) Whenever it appears to Government that the Province or any 
part thereof is affected or threatened by an agricultural pest and that immediate action is necessary, 
Government may by notification declare the Province or such area as affected area and take such 
remedial and preventive measures in respect of such area as may be necessary. 
(2) Government may recover the whole or a part of the costs incurred in connection with the 
aforesaid remedial and preventive measures from the occupiers or land owners in the affected area or 
from the persons who in its opinion have benefited by such measures. 
(3) All such costs, if unpaid, shall be recoverable as arrears of land revenue. 
10. Penalty for contravening the provisions of 1[section 3  or section 4] . Whoever 
contravenes the provisions of 1[section 3 or section 4] shall be punished for a first offence with a fine 
which may extend to five hundred rupees, and for every subsequent offence with imprisonment 
which may extend to three months or with fine whic h may extend to one thousand rupees or with 
both. 
11. Appeals. (1) Any person aggrieved by an order of seizure or destruction may, within seven 
days of such order, appeal to the Collector, Deputy Collector or Assistant Collector, first grade, 
specially empowered by the Collector in this behalf. 
(2) Any order passed on appeal under sub -section (1), and if no appeal is preferred, the order 
of the Inspector shall be final. 
12. Power to amend the Schedule . Government may, if it considers it expedie nt, by 
notification, add to or exclude any pest from the Schedule. 
13. Bar of suits. No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against an Inspector or 
any person acting under his order in respect of anything in good faith done or intended to  be done 
under this Ordinance. 
14. Jurisdiction.  No prosecution under this Ordinance shall be instituted except on the 
complaint in writing of 1[an officer authoris ed by Government in this behalf] stating the facts 
constituting the offence. 
 
1Subs. by W.P. Ordinance No. IV of 1961, ss. 2 & 3. 
  
 
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15. Government to make rules. (1) Government may make rules to carry out the purposes of 
this Ordinance. 
(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing p owers Government 
may make rules__ 
(a) prescribing preventing measures; 
(b) prescribing the manner in which an Inspector may exercise his powers under 
section 6; 
(c) prescribing the form of requisitions and notices and the manner in which 
requisitions and notices may be served; 
(d) prescribing the authority which may release seizure imposed under the 
Ordinance; and 
(e) prescribing the manner in which costs shall be assessed and paid. 
16. Repeal and Savings. The following enactments are hereby repealed:__ 
(a) The North-West Frontier Province Sugarcane (Protection against Pyrilla Pest) 
Act, 1950 (N.W.F.P. XXIII of 1950); 
(b) The Sind Boll Worm Act, 1947 (Sind XIV of 1947); 
(c) The North-West Frontier Province Fruit -Fly (Preventive Measures) Act, 1950  
(N.W.F.P. XXIV of 1950). 
SCHEDULE 
[SECTION 2 (b)] 
 
Serial 
No. 
Scientific name Family and order Common name 
(in English) 
Host plants 
1 Agrotis spp. . Noctuidae: 
Lepidoptera. . 
Cut worms Gram, potatoes, young 
cucurbits and wheat, etc. 
2 Aleurocanthus 
coglumi Asdley 
Aleurodidae: 
Homoptera 
Citrus black fly Citrus plants. 
3 Aenidiella 
auranti Mask. 
Coccidae: 
Homoptera 
Citrus red scale Citrus plants. 
4 Aenidiella citri 
Moult. . 
Coccidae: 
Homoptera 
Citrus yellow 
scale 
Citrus plants. 
5 Aphis tabaci L. . Aphididae: 
Homoptera 
Tobacco aphis Tobacco. 
6 Aspidiotus 
perniciosus 
Comst. 
Coccidae: 
Homoptera 
Sanjose-scale Apple, plum, pear, peach, etc. 
7 Carpocapsa 
pomonella L. 
Eucsmidae: 
Lepidoptera 
Codling moth Apple fruit. 
8 Chilozonellus Pyrallidae: Maize and Jowar Maize, jowar, baru, sudan 
 
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Swin Lepideptera borer.. grass, etc. 
9 Dacus ferrug-
ineus Feb.. 
Trypaneidae: 
Diptera.. 
Fruit-fly.. Peach, pear, mango, etc. 
10 Dialeurodes citri 
Ash.. 
Aleyrodidae: 
Hemiptera 
Citrus white fly.. Citrus plants. 
11 Diaphorina 
citricuw.. 
Psyllidae: 
Hemiptera 
Citrus psylla Orange, lemon, sweet and sour 
limes, etc. 
12 Drosicha 
stebbingi G.   .. 
Coccidae: 
Hemiptera 
Mealy bug Mango, guava, citrus, etc. 
13 Earias fabia Stoll 
.. 
Noctuidae: 
Lepidoptera 
Spotted boll 
worm 
Cotton flower bud and 
pods, etc. 
14 Earias insulana 
Boisd.. 
Noctuidae: 
Lepidoptera 
Spotted boll 
worm 
Cotton flower bud and pods, 
etc. 
15 Emmalocera 
depressella 
Swin.. 
Pyralidae: 
Lepidoptera 
Sugarcane root 
borer 
Sugarcane, jowar, bajra, etc. 
16 Heliothis 
armigera Fb.  .. 
Noctuidae:     
Lepidoptera 
Tobacco 
caterpillar 
Tabacco. 
17 Prodenia litura 
Fb.. 
Plutelidae: 
Lepidoptera 
Tobacco 
caterpillar 
Tabacco. 
18 Platyedra 
gossypiella 
Saund.. 
Gelechiidae: 
Lepidoptera 
Pink boll-worm Cotton, bhindi, changi, etc. 
19 Proceros 
stitieraspis Hib  .. 
Pyralidae: 
Lepidoptera 
Sugarcane-stem- 
borer 
Sugarcane, jowar, maize, etc. 
20 Pyrilla perpusilla 
Walk.. 
Fulgoridae: 
Hemiptera 
Sugarcane-leaf- 
hopper 
Sugarcane, wheat, barley, 
swank. 
21 Schistocercea 
gregaria Forsk.. 
Acrididae: 
Orthoptera 
Desert locust On all vegetation except oak 
and neem. 
22 Sphenoptera 
dadkanj Ob. 
Buprestidae: 
Coleoptera 
Flat headed borer Peach. 
23 Schoenobius 
incertellus Walk. 
Pyrallidae: 
Lepidoptera 
Rice borer Rice, jowar, maize, etc. 
24 Scirpophaga 
nivella Fb    .. 
Pyrallidae: 
Lepidoptera 
Sugarcane top- 
borer 
Sugarcane, sarkanda, mandal, 
etc. 
25 Sylepta derogata 
Fb.. 
Pyrallidae: 
Lepidopetra 
Cotton leaf-roller Cotton,changi, kuchri, etc. 
1[26 Sphenoptera 
Gossypi Kerr. 
Buprestidae: 
Colroptera 
Flat headed borer Cotton. 
 
 
 
1Added vide Notification No. 356-S.O.A.V.VI (2)8-PP under section 12. 
  
 
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27 Carthamus 
Oxyieantha Bick 
Compositae Thistle Wheat.] 
2[28 Asphodelus 
tempvifolius Cav 
Liliancae Piazi Wheat.] 
3[29 Cuseuta reflexa Convolulacae Amerbel/Gazbel 
(Dodder in 
English) 
All wood plants]. 
 
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RGN Date: 30-09-2025 
1Added by Notification No. 356-S.O.A.V.VI (2)8-PP under section 12. 
2Ins. by Notification No. SOAV-VI(2)8/PP. 
3Added by Notification No. SOAV-VI(2)-8-PP/61.