Definition of Terms.
Section 2
SEC. 2. Definition of Terms.—The following terms used in this Decree shall mean as follows: "Person"—any natural or juridical person such as corporation, partnerships, societies, associations, firms, companies and other legal entities. "Director"—The Director of Plant Industry. "Plant Quarantine Officer"—any person so appointed and/or designated by the Director of Plant Industry. "Country"—any independent political unit or sovereign nation, territory, colony and political or territorial subdivision. "Carrier"—includes every sort of craft or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used as a means of transportation in land, water or air. "Plants"—shall comprise living plants and parts thereof, including seeds, cuttings, rhizomes, bulbs and corns, grafts, leaves, roots, scions and others that are capable of propagation. "Plant Products"—shall mean products derived from plants, either in their natural state or in manufactured or processed form and are capable of harboring plant pests. "Potential Animal Pest"—shall comprise certain species of animals that are liable to become agricultural crop pests such as insects, monkeys, rodents, bats, finches, rabbits, snails and other forms of animal life capable of causing injury to agricultural crops. "Packing Materials"—include leaves, straw, bark and other plant materials used as wrapping, packing, or converting and are capable of harboring plant pests. "Plant Pest"—any form of plant or animal life, or any pathogenic agent, injurious or potentially injurious to plants and/or plant products. "Quarantine Orders"—shall mean those Administrative Orders promulgated and issued by the Director of Plant Industry to implement the provisions of this Decree. "Commodity Treatment"—any form of treatment applied to plants, plant products and other materials capable of harboring plant pests, for the purpose of destroying or eliminating any infection/infestation caused by plant pests. "Port of Entry"—is a port open to both foreign and domestic trade. The term includes principal ports of entry and subports of entry. "Importation"—is the act of bringing into the country foreign commodities mentioned under Sections 3 and 4 of this Decree for planting, consumption, manufacturing, domestication or for any other purpose. "Plants/Plant Products in Transit"—shall refer to plants/plant products brought into any port in the country but are not intended for landing at the said port. "Exportation"—is the act of transporting commodities mentioned under Sections 3, 4 and 6 hereof, from a local port to a foreign port. "Phytosanitary Certification"—shall mean plant health certification.