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prescribe the form and time of application, the particulars to be supplied and the fees to be paid for registration as a grower, canner, cannery, exporter, can-supplier, marketing society, transporter or vendor and the period for which such registration shall apply;

require all canners, exporters, can-suppliers, marketing societies, transporters and vendors applying for registration to be, before or after registration, members of such representative associations as the Board may deem suitable;

prescribe minimum requirements for the siting, lay-out, construction, plant, machinery and hygiene of a registered cannery and the water supply thereto;

prescribe the minimum extent and methods of pineapple cultivation by a registered canner or a registered grower, including the use, control and distribution of fertilizers

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and other chemicals, the carrying out of replanting with high-yielding planting materials in a comprehensive and systematic manner, and the modernization of pineapple cultivation with a view to improving the economic wellbeing of registered growers;

(da) regulate the conduct of all matters relating to the activities of registered transporters and registered vendors which concern the pineapple industry;

prescribe the medical personnel to be employed in registered canneries and the equipment and stores to be supplied;

prescribe the accommodation, washing, bathing, toilet, eating, recreational and any other facilities to be supplied by registered canners for the benefit of their workers;

prohibit the export of any grade, quality or type of canned pineapple either absolutely or to any particular destination and prescribe the method of disposal of any canned pineapple which it may decide is unsuitable for export or for sale within Malaysia;

prescribe the method and ratios to production or export by which free samples may be taken for the purpose of checking compliance with this Act or the regulations made thereunder;

prescribe the manner and the frequency with which workers in any registered cannery shall be medically examined and the form in which such examination shall be certified and prohibit the employment of any person on the premises of any registered cannery who has not been medically certified as suitable for such employment;

prescribe the use of certificates of origin for canned pineapple;

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prescribe the type and design of containers in which empty cans, can-ends, pineapple and filled cans of pineapple may be packed and transported to or from registered canneries and registered exporters’ godowns;

require the addition of such information and certificates as the Board thinks fit to the declaration made by an exporter in compliance with the Customs Act 1967

[Act 235];

require registered exporters to keep books of account in such form as to the Board may appear desirable and to keep copies of documents dealing with transactions in canned pineapple;

prescribe standards for the production, grading and the manner of describing, marking and labelling of canned pineapple and the methods of inspection and certification or registration thereof;

prescribe the standard dimensions, materials and methods of construction of cans to be used for the canning of pineapple and prohibit the purchase of such cans from anyone but a registered can supplier;

prescribe the destination to which canned pineapple may be exported under any particular label;

prescribe the information with regard to production, sales and exports which shall be given and the methods which shall be used to indicate such information by any registered canner, registered exporter, registered can supplier or registered marketing society and the form of return to be made by members of registered marketing societies;

prescribe methods for the fixing of prices to be paid to growers by registered canners and the fixing of quotas of growers’ pineapple to be purchased by registered canners and may compel registered canners to purchase such quotas in times of overproduction;

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prescribe minimum standards for pineapple which may be received by any registered cannery or which may be used for any particular type or grade of canned pineapple;

prescribe the conditions and terms of service of, and the salary, travelling allowances and subsistence allowances payable to, the Chairman of the Board and the travelling and other allowances payable to members of the Board, and regulate the procedure of the Board, and committees appointed under this Act;

prescribe, prohibit or require anything which the Board deems necessary in order to carry out the objects of this

Act;

prescribe a penalty not exceeding five thousand ringgit for breach of any provision thereof.