Section 2
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
of Act 319
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“approved programmes” means programmes approved by the
Board;
“Board” means the Malaysian Forestry Research and Development
Board established under section 3;
“Chairman” means the Chairman of the Board appointed under section 3;
“Director General” means the Director General appointed under section 12 and includes the Deputy Director General;
“forest development” means the management and development policies and activities for all natural and man-made forests, based on sound ecological and economic principles, for the expressed purposes of both the production of forest produce and the protection of the environment;
“forest industries” means all industries engaged in the harvesting, extraction, processing, manufacture, preservation and seasoning of forest produce;
“forest produce” means—
(a)
products in the unprocessed or semi-processed form, that is to say―
logs; poles; fuelwood; rubberwood; stems of oil palms, coconut and other palms; gaharu and other scented wood;
gums, damar and oleoresins; wood oils; leaves; rattans;
bamboos; illipe nuts; shoots; roots; mengkuang;
(b)
products that have undergone processing or whose forms have been altered, that is to say—
sawn timber; charcoal; essential oils; wood chips, and wood shavings; ground wood; beadings, and mouldings;
plywood and veneer; particleboards, and fibreboards;
blockboards, laminboards, and other reconstituted woodbased panel products; wood pulp, paper and paper
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and Development Board products; glue-laminated timber; and other processed products derived from items listed in (a); and
(c)
products in the finished form, that is to say—
attaps; railway and tramway sleepers of wood; furniture, handicrafts and toys of wood; wooden handles of tools;
piles, pickets, and stakes of wood; picture frames of wood; packing cases of wood; household utensils of wood; basketwork, wickerwork and other articles of plaiting; pencils; and other finished articles that are wholly or partially made from products listed in (a) or (b);
“Fund” means the Forestry Research and Development Fund established under section 15;
“Institute” means the Forest Research Institute of Malaysia established under section 11;
“member” means a member of the Board, and includes an alternate member;
“Minister” means the Minister for the time being charged with the responsibility for the forestry sector;
“remuneration” includes salary or wages, allowances, medical benefits, free or subsidized housing, and other privileges capable of being valued in money.