Malaysian Cocoa Board (Incorporation) Act 1988 · Updated to 1 Jan 2013 · Part II · The Board
3. Establishment of Board and its objectives
Official textFrom Laws of Malaysia Online, unchanged
There is established a body corporate by the name of
“Malaysian Cocoa Board”.
cocoa
“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;
The Board shall have perpetual succession.
The Board may sue and be sued in its corporate name.
Subject to and for the purposes of this Act, and on such terms as it deems fit, the Board may—
enter into contracts; and
in respect of movable and immovable property and interest in movable and immovable property, of every description—
acquire, purchase and take such property and interest; and
hold, enjoy, convey, assign, surrender, yield up, charge, mortgage, demise, reassign, transfer, or otherwise dispose of or deal with, such property and interest vested in the Board.
The objectives of the Board are—
to promote and develop the cocoa industry of Malaysia;
and
to develop national objectives, policies and priorities for the orderly development and administration of the cocoa industry of Malaysia.
The First Schedule shall apply to the Board.
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Terms defined in s 2
cocoa
Defined · s 2“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 industry
Defined · s 2“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;
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