Malaysia legislation
Section 5
of MALAYSIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE ACT 1969
Section 5
(1)
For the purpose of administering the Institute the
Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute
Governing Board (in this Act referred as “the Board”) is established which shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal, and may sue and be sued in its name, and subject to and for the purposes of this Act may enter into contracts and shall have power to acquire and hold property of every description, moveable, immoveable and intangible, and to dispose thereof or otherwise deal therewith.
(2)
The Board shall consist of the following members:
(a)
the Chairman;
(aa)
the Director General;
(b)
a representative of the Ministry of Agriculture and
Agro-based Industry;
(c)
a representative of the Ministry of Finance;
(d)
a representative of the Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities;
(e)
a representative of the Economic Planning Unit of the
Prime Minister’s Department;
(f)
a representative from the Ministry responsible for
Science, Technology and Environment;
(g)
not more than five members with experience in agricultural research, agricultural development, agricultural industry, agro-based industry and food industry.
(3)
The members of the Board shall be appointed for such period as may be specified in their letters of appointment by the
Minister and shall, unless he sooner resigns his office or his appointment revoked or his office otherwise becomes vacant, be eligible for reappointment.
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(4)
If owing to illness or any other cause whatsoever the
Chairman is unable to perform his function, the Board shall elect among the members an acting Chairman who shall exercise the powers and perform the duties of the Chairman under this Act.
Alternate members