Agricultural Law No.53 of 1966.

This Law consists of 159 articles divided in III Books. Book I on Agricultural Wealth; Book II on Livestock; and Book III (added by Law No.166 of 1983) on not compromising agricultural areas and maintenance of soil fertility.
Book I is divided in 8 Chapters. Chapter I defines responsibilities of the Minister of Agriculture relating to: crop areas; plant varieties; territorial division to plant specific cotton varieties, agricultural cycles; sequencing system for agricultural crops; dates of crop cultivation and harvest dates; cultivation systems, seeding rates and fertilizer types and rates, irrigation and fertilizing services; packaging specifications; setting crops subject to Cooperative Marketing and systems and procedures to be followed. Chapter II deals with registration of varieties of agricultural crops, as decided by the Minister. A Committee for Registration of Agricultural Crops Varieties is established which, inter alia, examines applications for the registration of new varieties of crops, chooses their names, cancels registrations. Chapter III deals with seeds. A Committee for Agricultural Crops Seeds is established and shall be responsible for seed production policy, specifications, regulations and necessary resolutions relating to seeds. Chapter IV on gardens, fruit trees and wood trees deals with the ways to be followed in breeding and grafting fruit plants and to maintain their varieties as well as the records required from owners of plant types. In Chapter V on fertilizers, a Committee for Agricultural Fertilizers is established and shall be responsible for the types of fertilizers that may be traded, specifications, registration procedures, conditions and methods of circulation and trading, and permits issuing. Chapter VI deals with plant protection, in particular pest control, desert locust control, pesticides, agricultural quarantine, for which a Committee for Agricultural Quarantine is established to approve all decisions implementing the provisions concerning this matter before they are issued. Chapter VII and Chapter VIII deal, respectively, with Agricultural Holding Card and sanctions.
Book II consists of II Chapters. Chapter I, on Animal Development and Protection, establishes that the Minister may regulate, by Decree, the import and export of live animals, poultry and birds and may also ban import and export of animals if required for purposes of "development or protection of animal health". It also deals with: animal fodder; protection of birds useful to agriculture, of wild animals and prevention of animal cruelty, prohibiting to hunt, offer for sale, sell or possess birds or wild animals designated by the Minister of Agriculture and also prohibiting the growing of plants harmful to birds and cruel treatment of animals; and beekeeping and silk worm. Chapter II on Animal Health consists of 26 articles (Nos. 124-149) which are divided into 4 sub-chapters: Animal disease control (I); Veterinary quarantine (II); Animal slaughter, skinning and hide preservation (III); Sanctions and penalties (IV). The Minister may require registration of animals in certain designated zones or areas and may order the injection, fumigation or other treatment of animals which shall be done free of charge (art. 125). Articles 126 and 127 provide for isolation of animals and their observation. Article 129 prohibits trade in animals suffering from infectious or contagious diseases. Article 131 outlines the powers of the Minister to regulate matters relating to animal diseases and their treatment.
Book III prohibits razing agricultural land and transferring soil to be used for non-agricultural purposes; the establishment of any buildings or facilities in agricultural land or divide this land to establish buildings.