Section 2

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

“Board” means the Malaysian Pineapple Industry Board established under section 3;

“can” includes any hermetically sealed bottle or container made of glass, metal, plastic, paper or any other material;

“canned pineapple” means pineapple whole, cut, crushed, or in pulp or juice form (whether or not mixed with other fruit), which has been preheated, cooked, preserved, dehydrated, quick frozen or otherwise processed either before or after being placed in a can;

“canner” means a person who prepares pineapple or labels canned pineapple;

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“cannery” means any structure or building used wholly or in part to prepare pineapple or to label canned pineapple;

“can-supplier” means a manufacturer or importer of cans used or intended to be used for the canning of pineapple;

“chief executive officer” means the chief executive officer of the

Board appointed under subsection 10(1) and includes any person appointed to act as chief executive officer under section 10;

“exporter” means any person who exports canned pineapple from

Malaysia;

“Fund” means the Pineapple Industry Fund established under section 7;

“grower” means any person owning or using land for planting pineapple intended primarily for sale to canneries who is not at the same time the owner of any cannery in the *States of Peninsular

Malaysia and includes his duly authorized agent;

“inspector” means an inspector appointed under section 20 and includes the Chief Inspector;

“marketing society” means any co-operative pineapple marketing society registered as such under the **Co-operative Societies Act 1948 [Act 287];

“pineapple” means any fruit of the plant ananas;

“prepare pineapple” means to render pineapple into canned pineapple;

*NOTE—All references to “West Malaysia” shall be construed as reference to “Peninsular Malaysia”

—see the Interpretation (Amendment) Act l997 [Act A996], subsection 5(2).

**NOTE—The Co-operative Societies Act 1948 [Act 287] has since been repealed by the Co-operative

Societies Act 1993 [Act 502]–see section 95 of Act 502.

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“registered canner”, “registered cannery”, “registered can-supplier”,

“registered marketing society”, “registered exporter”, “registered grower”, “registered transporter”, “registered vendor” means any pineapple canner, cannery, can-supplier, marketing society, exporter, grower, transporter or vendor, as the case may be, registered under this Act;

“representative association” means a representative association specified under section 19;

“transporter” means any person who transports pineapple of growers or vendors, and includes his duly authorized agent, but does not include a grower who transports his own pineapple;

“Tribunal” means the Tribunal of Appeal established under section 24;

“vendor” means any person who sells pineapple to canneries, but does not include a grower who sells his own pineapple.

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