Malaysia legislation
Section 2
Section 2
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
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“analyst” means an analyst appointed under section 23R;
“appointed day” means the day on which section 25A comes into operation;
“approved programmes” means programmes approved by the
Board;
“authorized officer” means—
(a)
an officer of the Board authorized under section 23A;
(b)
a police officer not below the rank of Inspector; or
(c)
an officer of customs;
“Board” means the Malaysian Cocoa Board established under section 3;
“Chairman” means the Chairman of the Board appointed under section 3B;
“cocoa” means the plant of the genus Theobroma or any related genus or species or any hybrids or clones of the genus or species, plants resulting from the crossing of these species, hybrids or clones with any other species, hybrids or clones of plants, and genetically engineered versions of these species, hybrids or clones, and includes cocoa beans and cocoa products;
“cocoa bean” means the seed of Theobroma cacao L. whether or not passed through a process of fermentation or drying;
“cocoa industry” means any industry involved in the planting of cocoa or the production of cocoa products or both and includes services related to such planting or production;
“cocoa planting materials” means cocoa seeds, cocoa seedlings, budded cocoa seedlings, any material from any part of the cocoa plant used in vegetative propagation and plants from cocoa tissues;
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“cocoa products” means any products manufactured from the cocoa bean and includes cocoa liquor, cocoa butter, cocoa cake, cocoa powder and chocolate;
“conveyance” means any mode of transport, whether by air, sea or land;
“Director General” means the Director General of the Board appointed under section 15;
“Fund” means the Malaysian Cocoa Board Fund established under section 18;
“MARDI” means the Malaysian Agricultural Research and
Development Institute established under the Malaysian Agricultural
Research and Development Institute Act 1969 [Act 11];
“member” means a member of the Board, and includes an alternate member;
“Minister” means the Minister responsible for the cocoa industry;
“research finding” means any results from research and development activities and includes inventions and improvements in any process, apparatus, machine or technique;
“sea” includes inland waters;
“staff” means the officers and servants of the Board and where the context so applies, any expert employed by the Board on a temporary basis;
“this Act” includes any regulations made under this Act.
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