Malaysian Rubber Board (Incorporation) Act 1996 · Updated to 1 Dec 2011 · Part II · Establishment of the Board
5. Membership of Board
Official textFrom Laws of Malaysia Online, unchanged
The Board shall consist of the following members who shall be appointed by the Minister:
a Chairman;
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a representative of the Ministry charged with the responsibility for the rubber industry;
a representative of the Treasury;
a representative of the Rubber Industry Smallholders’
Development Authority;
a representative of the smallholder sector of the rubber industry;
a representative of the estate sector of the rubber industry;
a representative of the rubber processing sector;
a representative of the rubber trade sector;
two representatives of the rubber products manufacturing sector;
two representatives of such States as the Minister may determine;
two persons who, in the opinion of the Minister, are able to contribute to the development of the rubber industry;
and
the Director General.
The Board shall be deemed to be duly constituted notwithstanding that any of the members to be appointed under paragraph (1)(j) or (k) has not been appointed.
Terms defined in s 2
Director General
Defined · s 2“Director General” means the Director General of the Board appointed under section 18; _____________________________________________________ *NOTE−All reference to “West Malaysia” shall be construed as reference to “Peninsular Malaysia” −see the Interpretation (Amendment) Act 1997, subsection 5(2). Malaysian Rubber Board (Incorporation) 9
rubber
Defined · s 2“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
Defined · s 2“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
Defined · s 2“rubber products” means all vulcanisates in finished or semi-finished form derived wholly or partly from rubber;
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Director General, Officers and Servants of the Board
Part IV
Research and Development
Part V
Finance
Part VI
Other Powers and Functions of the Board
Part VII
Enforcement
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General
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