PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL PESTS ORDINANCE, 1959

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THE PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL PESTS ORDINANCE, 1959 
(XXVIII of 1959) 
CONTENTS 
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 Inspector. 
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 this Ordinance. 
11. Appeals. 
12. Power to amend the Schedule. 
13. Bar of suits. 
14. Jurisdiction and trial. 
15. Government to make rules. 
16. Repeal and Savings. 
SCHEDULE 
 
TEXT 
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THE 
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[PUNJAB] AGRICULTURAL PESTS ORDINANCE, 1959 
(XXVIII of 1959) 
[11 May 1959] 
An 
Ordinance 
to amend and consolidate the law relating to the eradication of agricultural pests in 
the province of 
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[the Punjab]. 
Preamble.– WHEREAS it is expedient to amend and consolidate the law relating to 
the eradication of agricultural pests in the Province of 
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[the Punjab]; 
 NOW, THEREFORE , in pursuance of the Presidential Proclamation o f 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 cal led 
the 
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[Punjab]
 
Agricultural Pests Ordinance, 1959. 
 
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[(2) It extends to the whole of the Province of 
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[the Punjab] , except the 
Tribal Areas.] 
 (3) It shall come into force
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 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; 
                                                           
1This Ordinance was promulgated by the Governor of West Pakistan on May  15, 1959 , published in the  Gazette of West 
Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated May 11, 1959, pp. 403-409, saved and given permanent effect by Article 225 of the Constitution 
of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (1962). 
2Substituted for the words “West Pakistan” by the Punjab Laws (Adapt ation) Order, 1974 (Pb.1 of 1974) (w.e.f. 14.8.1973),  
published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated November 20 , 19 74, p p. 1425-A-1425-PP, Article  2(1) read with 
Schedule, Part III, Entry No. 25.  
3Ibid.  
4Ibid. 
5Ibid.  
6Substituted by the West Pakistan Laws (Extension to Karachi) Ordinance, 1964 (VII of 1964), published in the Gazette of West 
Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated May 25, 1964, pp. 1679-1688, s. 2 read with Schedule, Entry No. 24. 
7Substituted for the words “West Pakistan” by the Punjab Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1974 (Pb.  1 of 1974) (w.e.f. 14.8.1973),  
published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated November 20 , 19 74, p p. 1425-A-1425-PP, Article  2(1) read with 
Schedule, Part III, Entry No. 25.  
8This Ordinance was brought into force  in the whole of the Province of West Pakistan (w.e.f. 19.2.1960), see Gazette of West 
Pakistan (Extraordinary), 1960, p. 1249. 
(c) “crops” include all agricultural or horticultural crops and all trees, 
bushes or plants; 
(d) “Government” means the 
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[Provincial Government of the Punjab]; 
(e) “infested 
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[/infected] 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  
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[or land holder on lease or tenant or pattadar, 
etc.]; 
(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
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– 
(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 
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[/infected] 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 preventiv e measures 
prescribed in respect of such crop or crops. 
5. Appointment of Inspectors .– Government may, by notification
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, appoint 
such persons as it thinks fit to be Inspectors for the purposes of this Ordinance within 
each such local area as may be specifi ed, and the persons so appointed shall be 
deemed to be public servants within the meaning of section 21 of the Pakistan Penal 
Code
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. 
6. Powers of Inspector .– An Inspector may, subject to any rules
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 made in this 
behalf by Government– 
                                                           
1Substituted for the words “Government of the West Pakistan” by the Punjab Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1974 (Pb.  1 of 1974) 
(w.e.f. 14.8.1973), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated November 20, 1974, p p. 1425-A-1425-PP, Article 
2(1) read with Schedule, Part III, Entry No. 25. 
2Inserted by the Punjab Agricultural Pets (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002 (LXXIX of 2002), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated November 16, 2002, pp. 3189-3190, s. 2(i). 
3Ibid., s. 2(ii). 
4See Gazette of West Pakistan, 1961, Part I, p. 54.  
5Inserted by the Punjab Agricultural Pets (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002 (LXXIX of 2002), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated November 16, 2002, pp. 3189-3190, s. 3. 
6Inspectors were appointed vide Notificatio n SOAV-VI(2)8/PP, da ted January 24, 1961, published in the Gazette of West 
Pakistan, Part I, dated February 3, 1961, p. 54. 
7XLV of 1860. 
8The Rules titled “the West Pakistan Agricultural Pests Rules, 1960” were issued by the Plaining and Development Department 
vide Notification No. 356-SOA-V-VI(2)8/PP, dated February 2, 1960, published in the Gazette of West Pakistan (Extraordinary), 
dated February 19, 1960, pp. 1247-1249. 
(a) at any time enter a nd 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 
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[/infected] crop and destroy or cause to be 
destroyed such crop in such manner as 
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[he deems fit]; 
(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 s pecified 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 ca rried out by the 
occupier of any land he shall call upon such occupier by notice 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 
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[Executive District Officer (Agriculture)] , 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 u nder 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. 
8. Powers of Inspectors to take preventive measures and t o 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. 
                                                           
1Inserted by the Punjab Agricultural Pets (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002 (LXXIX of 2002), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated November 16, 2002, pp. 3189-3190, s. 4. 
2Substituted for the words “may be prescribed” by the Ordinance ibid. 
3Substituted for the words “Collector, or Deputy Collector, or Assistant Collector, first grade, specially empowered in this b ehalf 
by the Collector” by the Punjab Agricultural Pests (Amendment) Ordinance, 2001 (XXVII of 2001) , published in the Punjab 
Gazette (Extraordinary),  dated October 15, 2001, pp. 1721 -1722, s. 2, which will remain in force under the Provisional 
Constitution (Amendment) Order 1999 (9 of 1999), Article 4, notwithstanding the maximum limit of  three months prescribed 
under Article 128 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. 
9. Powers of Government to declare affected area and to recover costs of 
remedial and preventive mea sures 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 occup iers 
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. 
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[10. Penalty for contravening the provisions of this Ordinanc e.– (1) Whoever 
contravenes the provisions of section 3 or section 4 shall be punished for the first 
offence with a fine which may extend to fifty thousand rupees but not less than 
twenty five thousand rupees, and for every subsequent offence with imprison ment 
which may extend to six months but not less than three months or with fine which 
may extend to one hundred thousand rupees but not less than fifty thousand rupees 
or with both. 
 (2) Whoever contravenes any of the provisions of this Ordinance or the 
rules made thereunder, for the contravention of which no other punishment is 
provided in this Ordinance, shall be punished with fine which may extend to fifty 
thousand rupees but not less than twenty five thousand rupees.] 
11. Appeals.– (1) Any person aggrie ved by an order of seizure or destruction 
may, within seven days of such order, appeal to the 
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[District Coordination Officer]. 
 (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 
expedient, 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. 
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[14. Jurisdiction and trial .– (1) No prosecution under this Ordinance shall be 
instituted except on the complaint in writing of an Inspector stati ng the facts 
constituting the offence. 
                                                           
1Substituted by the Punjab Agricultural Pets (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002 (LXXIX of 2002), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated November 16, 2002, pp. 3189-3190, s. 5. 
2Substituted for the words “Collector, Deputy Collector, or Assistant Collector, first grade, specially empowered by the Colle ctor in this 
behalf” by the Punjab Agricultural Pests (Amendment) Ordinance, 2001 (XXVII of 2001) , published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated October 15, 2001, pp. 1721-1722, s. 3, which will remain in force under the Provisional Constitution (Amendment) 
Order 1999 (9 of 1999), Article 4, notwithstanding the maximum limit of three months prescribed under Article 128 of the Constitution of 
the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.  
3Substituted by the Punjab Agricultural Pets (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002 (LXXIX of 2002), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated November 16, 2002, pp. 3189-3190, s. 6. 
 (2) No court inferior to that of a Magistrate of the first class shall try an 
offence punishable under this Ordinance. 
 (3) The trial court may, on application made by a prosecutor in this behalf, 
try an offence puni shable under this Ordinance in a summary way in accordance 
with the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (V of 1898). 
 (4) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being 
in force, the offences punishable under this Ordinance shall be cognizable. 
 (5) The public prosecutor shall be responsible for the conduct of 
prosecution of offences under this Ordinance.] 
15. Government to make rules .– (1) Government may make rules
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 to carry out 
the purposes of this Ordinance. 
 (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing 
powers 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 o f 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
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; 
(b) The Sind Boll Worm Act, 1947
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; 
(c) The North-West Frontier Province Fruit -Fly (Preventive Measures) Act, 
1950
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1The Rules titled “the West Pakistan Agricultural Pests Rules, 1960” were issued by the Pla nning and Development Department vide 
Notification No.  356-SOA-V-VI(2)8/PP, dated February 2, 1960, published in the  Gazette of West Pakistan  (Extraordinary), dated 
February 19, 1960, pp. 1247-1249. 
2N.W.F.P. XXIII of 1950.  
3Sind XIV of 1947.  
4N.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 
voglumi Ashley 
Aleurodidac: 
Homoptera 
Citrus black fly Citrus plants. 
3 Aonidiella 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 Chilo zonellus Swin Pyralidae 
Lepidoptera 
Maize and Jowar 
borer 
Maize, jowar, baru, 
sudan 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 F. Plutelidae: 
Lepidoptera 
Tobacco caterpillar Tabacco. 
18 Platyedra gossypiella 
Saund 
Gelechiidae: 
Lepidopter  
Pink boll-worm Cotton, bhindi, 
changi, etc. 
Serial 
No. 
Scientific name Family and 
order 
Common name (in 
English) 
Host plants 
19 Proceros stiticraspis 
Hib 
Pyralidae: 
Lepidoptera 
Sugarcane-stem-
borer 
Sugarcane, jowar, 
maize, etc. 
20 Pyrilla perpusilla 
Walk 
Fulgoridae: 
Hemiptera 
Sugarcane-leaf-
hopper 
Sugarcane, wheat, 
barley, swank. 
21 Schistocerca 
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. 
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[26 Sphenoptera Gossypi 
Kerr 
Buprestidae: 
Colroptera 
Flat headed borer Cotton]. 
2
[27 Carthamus 
Oxycantha Bick 
Compositae Thistle Wheat.] 
3
[28 Asphodelus 
tempvifolius Cav 
Liliancae Piazi wheat.] 
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[29 Cuseuta reflexa Convolulacae Amerbel Gazbel 
(Dodder in English) 
All wood plants]. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                           
1Added vide Notification No.  356-S.O.A.V.VI(2)8-PP under section 12,  published in the Gazette of West Pakistan  
(Extraordinary), dated February 19, 1960, p. 1250. 
2Ibid. 
3Inserted vide Notification No. SOAV -VI(2)8/PP, dated January 12, 1961, published in the Gazette of West Pakistan, Part I, 
dated February 3, 1961, p. 54. 
4Added vide Notification No. SOAV -VI(2)-8-PP/61, dated March 15, 1961, pub lished in the Gazette of West Pakistan 
(Extraordinary), Part I, dated March 31, 1961, p. 158.