Section 2: Importation of bees, etc., by a State

(1) Where a State of the Federation is desirous of importing bees or apicultural material the provisions of subsection (2) of this section shall apply.
(2) The Ministry concerned with apiculture in that State shall give notice in writing to the Minister and to the Nigerian Custom Service of its intention to import bees or apicultural material, and the notice shall be accepted without payment of any fee and operate so as to exclude that State from the requirement of a permit under this Act, so however that upon importation pursuant to the notice so given, the Ministry so concerned as aforesaid shall be deemed to have agreed with the Minister under this Act that section 1 (3) of this Act shall apply to the subject matter of the importation.