Malaysian Rubber Board (Incorporation) Act 1996 · Updated to 1 Dec 2011 · Part VIII · General
62. Regulations
Official textFrom Laws of Malaysia Online, unchanged
The Minister may make regulations for all or any of the following purposes:
prescribing the manner of applying for licences, certificates, permits and approvals under this Act, the particulars to be supplied by an applicant, the manner of licensing and certification, the fees payable therefor, the conditions or restrictions to be imposed and the form or forms of licences, certificates, permits and approvals;
prescribing the standards of processing and methods of preserving, grading or packaging rubber and rubber products, including prescribing the marks to be stamped or otherwise inscribed on rubber packed for export;
prescribing the procedure to be followed by exporters in exporting rubber and rubber products;
providing for the maintenance of proper standards of
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conduct in the carrying out of the rubber trade and the rubber industry and for dealing with infringements thereof;
prescribing the procedure to be followed for the administration of the Fund;
prescribing the forms for the purposes of this Act;
prescribing the fees and charges payable under this Act and the manner for collecting and disbursing such fees;
providing for the regulation of all or any of the activities of the Board and generally the performance of the functions, the exercise of the powers and the discharge of the duties of the Board under this Act; and
providing for such other matters as are contemplated by, or necessary for giving full effect to, the provisions of this Act and for their due administration.
Regulations made under subsection (1) may prescribe any act in contravention of the regulations to be an offence and may prescribe penalties of a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit or imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or both.
Terms defined in s 2
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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