Malaysian Cocoa Board (Incorporation) Act 1988 · Updated to 1 Jan 2013 · Part II · The Board
3A. Common seal
Official textFrom Laws of Malaysia Online, unchanged
The Board shall have a common seal that shall bear a device approved by the Board.
The common seal may, from time to time, be broken, changed, altered and made anew as the Board deems fit.
Until a seal is provided by the Board, a stamp bearing the words “Malaysian Cocoa Board” may be used and shall be deemed to be its common seal.
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 common seal shall be kept in the custody of the
Chairman or a member of the Board.
The common seal shall be affixed in the presence of the
Chairman and one other member of the Board and the Chairman and such member shall sign every deed, document or other instrument to which the common seal is affixed.
All deeds, documents and other instruments purporting to be sealed with the common seal and authenticated as specified in subsection (5) shall, until the contrary is proven, be deemed to have been validly executed.
Any deed, document or other instrument that, if executed by a person who is not a body corporate, is not required to be under seal, may in like manner be executed by the Chairman or a member of the
Board on behalf of the Board.
The common seal of the Board shall be officially and judicially noticed.
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;
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