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Repeal and savings. * * * * STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS Act 1 of 1969.- Agricultural crops of all kinds are subject to attack by various kinds of pests, and plant diseases which if left unchecked, would cause damage to the growing crops and results in loss of yield. Control of such pests and diseases is therefore of paramount importance in the agricultural economy of the country and would lead to a consideable saving of Agricultural Produce which would otherwise be lost to the country. It is with a view to organise proper and effective preventive and curative measures against pests and diseases, that this legislation is proposed. At present the Bombay Agricultural Pests and Diseases Act, 1947, the Coorg Agricultural Pests and Diseases Act, 1933, The Hyderabad Agricultural Pests and Diseases Regulation, 1352F, the Madras Destructive Insects and Pests Act, 1917, are in force in the different areas of the State. The provisions of these Acts are not uniform and it is necessary to have a uniform law applicable to the entire State. Hence the Bill. 2 (Published in the Karnataka Gazette (Extraordinary) Part IV-2A dated 22-6-1967 at page 93.) 1[KARNATAKA ACT]1 N0. 1 OF 1969 (First Published in the 1[Karnataka Gazette]1 on the Twenty-third day of January, 1969) THE 1[KARNATAKA]1 AGRICULTURAL PESTS AND DISEASES ACT, 1968 (Received the assent of the Governor on the Tenth day of January, 1969) An Act to prevent the introduction, spread or reappearance of pests, plant diseases and noxious weeds injurious to crops, plants or trees in the 1[State of Karnataka]1. WHEREAS it is expedient to take measures to prevent the introduction, spread or reappearance of pests, plant diseases and noxious weeds injurious to crops, plants, trees or water supply or obstruction to water-ways within the 1[State of Karnataka]1 and to make provision for other matters connected therewith; BE it enacted by the 1[Karnataka]1 State Legislature in the nineteenth year of the Republic of India as follows:-