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Section 7
of Bintulu Development Authority Ordinance, 1978 ( Ord. No. 1/78 )
Section 7
⎯(1)
For the purpose of the discharge of its functions under section 6, the Authority shall have power either alone or in association with the Government of Malaysia or of Sarawak or other bodies or persons, or as managing agent or otherwise on behalf of the
(a)
to investigate and formulate projects for the promotion or expansion of new or existing enterprises, and to carry out any such projects;
(b)
to carry on undertakings which appear to the Authority to be needed for or in connection with the promotion or expansion of new or existing enterprises;
(c)
to assist other bodies or persons, including financial assistance by way of grant, loans or otherwise to perform any functions which the Authority is empowered to perform by virtue of this Ordinance;
(d)
to establish or expand, or promote the establishment or expansion of other bodies to carry on any such functions as the
Authority is empowered to perform;
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(e)
to establish or acquire and hold, maintain and operate any public utility undertaking;
(f)
to erect any buildings, messuages or tenements and effect any improvements to them;
(g)
to carry on all activities particularly of commercial and industrial enterprises;
(h)
to facilitate and provide land for the establishment or expansion of projects to which this section applies;
(i)
to purchase, acquire or sublease any land required for the purpose of the discharge of its functions under this Ordinance;
(j)
to sell or sublease land for the purposes of industrial sites, for the housing of persons living and working in industrial estates and sites, for general economic development or for social amenities;
(k)
to lay out sites for the purposes mentioned in paragraph
(j)
;
(l)
to sell or put out to let flats, houses or other living accommodation;
(m)
to make and guarantee loans to a person employed by the Authority for the purpose⎯
(i)
of building a house;
(ii)
of purchasing or subleasing a plot of land on which to build a house;
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(iii)
of purchasing or hiring for his residential use, or that of his family, any premises; or
(iv)
for such other purposes as the Authority may approve;
[Ins. Ord. No. 6/82.]
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to give, subject to section 32A, a guarantee in writing to a loan raised by any corporation established under section 10
or by other bodies or persons approved by the Authority from a bank or other financial source;
(n)
to consult with, coordinate and assist the activities of persons or organizations engaged in the study, development or dissemination of programmes, methods or techniques designed to increase productivity in industry;
(o)
to invest any property belonging to the Authority in such manner as it thinks fit (and whether alone or in association with others) in the acquisition, development or management of land in the Bintulu District and used or to be used for residential, commercial or industrial purposes;
(p)
to require departments, and governmental and non-governmental agencies engaged in carrying out or intending to carry out development in the designated area to submit report regarding their activities or proposed activities containing such particulars and information as may be specified by the Authority;
(q)
to appoint agents or establish such other bodies as it may deem fit for the purpose of carrying out its functions;
(r)
to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are conferred or imposed on the Authority under sections 4 and 5;
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(s)
to do all such other acts as are reasonably necessary for the exercise or performance of all or any of the powers or duties of the Authority under this Ordinance or any other written law and to perform any other function which is incidental or conducive to the attainment or furtherance of the purposes of the
Authority in accordance with this Ordinance or any other written law.
(2)
This section applies to any enterprise falling within one or more of the following classes, namely⎯
(a)
commercial and industrial enterprises, including the manufacturing, assembling, processing, packing, grading and marketing of products, research and training;
(b)
agriculture enterprises, including any enterprise concerned with the livestock industry, with horticulture or with forestry;
(c)
enterprises concerned with fisheries, including any enterprise relating to the taking of marine mammals;
(d)
enterprises for the working or getting of minerals, including mineral oil and natural gas;
(e)
enterprises for providing, maintaining or improving the supply of water, electricity or gas;
(f)
enterprises for providing, maintaining or improving telegraph or telephone services;
(g)
enterprises for the provision or improvement of houses or other dwellings;
(h)
enterprises for providing, maintaining or improving port services and facilities for shipping;
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(i)
enterprises for the carrying out of building, engineering or other operations in, on, over or under land.
(3)
If it appears to the Chief Minister to be expedient to add to the classes of enterprises specified in subsection (2), the Chief
Minister may by order published in the Gazette direct that subsection
(2)
shall have effect with the addition of such one or more classes of enterprises as may be specified in the order.
(4)
Subject to section 15, it shall be the responsibility of the
Authority in discharging its functions under this Ordinance to ensure that the functions shall be performed in such manner as shall be in furtherance of the policy of the Government for the time being in force and in particular the policy relating to the restructuring of society.
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