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Act of Parliament

Malaysian Rubber Board (Incorporation) Act 1996

Sets up a rubber board and better rules for the rubber industry

Part I

Preliminary

Official textFrom Laws of Malaysia Online, unchanged

s 1Short title and commencement

(1)

This Act may be cited as the Malaysian Rubber

8 Laws of Malaysia ACT 551

Board (Incorporation) Act 1996.

(2)

This Act shall come into force on such date as the

Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint and the

Minister may appoint different dates for the coming into force of this Act, or of different provisions of this Act, in *Peninsular

Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak respectively.

Interpretation

s 2In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

“appointed day” means the day on which this Act, or if different dates are appointed for the coming into force of different provisions of this Act, the day on which Part IX comes into force;

“authorized officer” means—

(a)

an officer of the Board authorized under section 46;

(b)

a police officer not below the rank of Inspector; or

(c)

an officer of customs;

“Board” means the Malaysian Rubber Board established under section 3;

“cess” means the cess imposed under section 37;

“Chairman” means the Chairman of the Board appointed under section 5;

“Director General” means the Director General of the Board appointed under section 18;

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*NOTE−All reference to “West Malaysia” shall be construed as reference to “Peninsular

Malaysia” −see the Interpretation (Amendment) Act 1997 [Act A996], subsection 5(2).

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“Fund” means the Malaysian Rubber Board Fund established under section 34;

“Malaysian Rubber Exchange” means the Malaysian Rubber

Exchange established under the Malaysian Rubber Exchange

(Incorporation) Act 1962 [Act 402];

“member” means a member of the Board and includes an alternate member;

“research centre” means a research centre established under section 30;

“research finding” means any results from research and development activities and includes inventions and improvements in any process, apparatus, machine or technique;

“rubber” means all natural rubber in liquid, solid or blended form derived from any latex-bearing plant and synthetic rubber in liquid, solid or blended form derived from petrochemical products and includes all elastomers derived from natural or synthetic rubber or both;

“rubber industry” includes the production of rubber and hevea wood, the processing and utilization of rubber, the manufacture of rubber products, and services related thereto;

“rubber products” means all vulcanisates in finished or semi-finished form derived wholly or partly from rubber;

“this Act” includes any subsidiary legislation made under this Act.

Part II

Establishment of the Board

Read on from Part II

Part III

Director General, Officers and Servants of the Board

Read on from Part III

Part IV

Research and Development

Read on from Part IV

Part V

Finance

Read on from Part V

Part VI

Other Powers and Functions of the Board

Read on from Part VI

Part VII

Enforcement

Read on from Part VII

Part VIII

General

Read on from Part VIII

Part IX

Repeal, Savings and Transitional

Read on from Part IX

Schedules