Plant Protection Act
2. Interpretation
2. Interpretation
In this Act unless the context otherwise requires—"aircraft" includes airships, flying machines, aeroplanes, and other aircraft heavier than air and having means of propulsion;"animal organism" means any animal organism, in whatever stage of existence such organism may be;"disease" means any abnormal condition of plants communicable or believed to be communicable by the transfer of a causative agent or by the propagation of the affected plant which the Cabinet Secretary may, by order, declare to be a disease for the purposes of this Act;"disinfect" includes "disinfest";"infected area" means any area or place in which a pest or disease exists and which has been declared by the Cabinet Secretary, by order, to be an infected area for the purposes of this Act;"inspector" means the Director of Agriculture, and every officer of the Department of Agriculture authorized by the Director of Agriculture to act as an inspector and any other person authorized by the Director of Agriculture, with the approval of the Cabinet Secretary, by notice in the Gazette;"pest" means any of the following descriptions of pests which the Cabinet Secretary may, by order, declare to be a pest for the purposes of this Act that is to say—Source: Kenya Law