Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) If, on inspection of any land, the Block Development Officer or the officer authorised by him under section 5 finds that there is any insect pest, plant disease, plant parasite or noxious weed on such land and that the preventive or remedial measures specified in the notice published under sub-section (1) of section 4 0 have not been or are not being carried out, the Block Development Officer may, subject to any general or special orders-of the State Government, call upon the occupier of such land, by a notice in the prescribed form served in the preseribed manner, to_carry out such preventive or remedial measures, within the time specified in such notice. • . (2) The occupier may, within revers clays of the service upon him of the notice under sub-section (1), prefer an appeal in the pres- cribed manner to the Principal Agricultural Officer disputing his liability to carry out the preventive or remedial measures referred to ie such notice, Power of Principal Agri- cultural Officer to direct carrying out preventive or remedial measures. Power of Block Develop? ment Officer to enter upon any land. Notice to occupier to carry out preventive - or remedial measures arid appeal by occupier. 4 The West Bengal Agricultural Pest and Diseases Act, 1968. [President's Act (3) On receipt of an appeal under sub-section (2), the Principal Agricultural Officer may extend the time specified in the notice served under sub-section (1) and shall, after giving the occupier an opportunity of being heard, pass such order thereon as he thinks fit. (4) An order passed under sub-section (3) shall be final and shall not be called in question in any court. Power to