Malaysian Cocoa Board (Incorporation) Act 1988 · Updated to 1 Jan 2013 · Part II · The Board
9. Powers of the Board
Official textFrom Laws of Malaysia Online, unchanged
The Board shall have the power to do all things reasonably necessary for, or expedient or incidental to, the exercise of its functions, in particular without prejudice to the generality of the following:
to establish and operate such institutions and establishments in such places as the Board may consider appropriate in order to discharge its functions under this
Act;
to enter into such negotiations and arrangements as the
Board considers necessary for the promotion of the general interests of the cocoa industry;
cocoa industry
“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;
to receive in consideration of services rendered by it, such commission or payments as may be agreed upon;
to impose fees or other charges it deems fit for giving effect to any of its functions;
to set up committees, which may consist of or include persons who are not members of the Board in order to advise or assist the Board on such matters concerning its powers and functions as it considers fit; and the Board may delegate, subject to such conditions and restrictions as it may impose, such of its powers and functions (except
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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 power to make regulations and to borrow money) as it considers fit, to any such committees and any act done or decision made by the committees pursuant to such delegation shall be deemed to be the act or decision of the
Board.
Power to establish corporation
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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