Section 12: Obligation of Village Officers to report plant diseases, pests, etc
Kerala Plant Diseases and pestsAct, 1972State Act of Kerala · Act 25 of 1972
12[The Agricultural Officers in charge of a village panchayat area or a municipal area] and such 11 Substituted by Act 16 of 2000 (w.e.f. 12-05-2000).
12 Substituted by Act 16 of 2000 (w.e.f. 12-05-2000).
7 other officers as may be prescribed, of every village adjoining the affected area shall forthwith report the existence within the village of any plant disease, pest, parasite or noxious weed of the nature specified in the notification issued under section 3 in respect of the said area, to 13[Secretary of the local authority] who shall, after making such enquiry as he may deem fit, 14[make a report to the local authority concerned and the Government.]