Power of entry and imposition of quarantine

(1) Any designated officer authorized to enforce the provisions of this Act, if he has reasonable cause to believe that a notifiable plant pest or quarantine pest may be present on any land, shall have the power to enter on such land and without warrant to carry out survey and detection programmes as well as to treat, destroy or remove restricted articles. (2) Any designated officer, in exercising the powers conferred by sub-section (1) shall inform the occupier, if present at the time, of the intention to enter and search, examine, treat, confiscate or destroy any restricted article or non-plant article. (3) A designated officer shall also have the power to apply immediate quarantine measures which may be confirmed by the Minister by Order made on the recommendations of the Authority within twenty-one days after such imposition.