State Act
Section 12. Obligation of village officers to report on insect pests, plant diseases or noxious weeds.
THE KARNATAKA AGRICULTURAL PESTS AND DISEASES ACT, 1968
12. Obligation of village officers to report on insect pests, plant diseases or noxious weeds.- Every village officer of a village adjoining a notified area within the limits of which a pest, disease or weed similar to the insect pest, plant disease or noxious weed within the notified area appears, shall report the same to such officers as the State Government may from time to time specify in this behalf. 1[Explanation.- for purpose of this section “village officer” includes village accountant, the panchayat development officer, panchayat secretary, agriculture assistant, horticulture assistant, sericulture inspector, Sericulture demonstrator or any other Government officer concerned working in that area.]1