Section 9

to control, co-ordinate or supervise the management of the land in a Development Area or land owned by or vested in the

Board or for which it has become responsible and may cause to be carried out or may undertake any of the aforesaid activities for the improvement or development of such land as it deems fit;

to control or supervise the management and plantations land in a Development Area or plantation land owned by or vested in the Board or for which it has become responsible and may cause to be carried out or may undertake such works for the improvement or development of such land as it deems fit;

to register, coordinate and promote all activities relating to the planting, supply, sale, purchase, distribution, movement, storage, surveying, testing, inspecting, and grading, export and import of sago product and nipah product, and the processing and manufacturing of sago and nipah into downstream products;

to give assistance to any corporation, body or person appearing to the Board to have facilities for sago industry or nipah industry development, including financial aid by way of grant, loans or otherwise;

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to provide land improvement schemes for the rehabilitation of sago and nipah small holdings;

to undertake and coordinate activities relating to research and development into the planting, production, processing, manufacturing, storage, transportation, use, consumption and marketing of sago products, nipah products and services related thereto;

to carry on all activities, particularly activities which are commercial in nature which appears to it to be requisite, advantageous or convenient for or in connection with the performance of its functions;

to collect cess, fees or any other charges it thinks fit for giving effect to any of its functions or powers;

to enter into such negotiations and agreements or arrangements as it deems fit for the discharge of its functions;

to commission any person or body to carry out research or development relating to sago industry and nipah industry;

to undertake and coordinate such activities as it deems necessary for the purpose of protecting and furthering the interests of the sago industry and nipah industry in the State;

to prescribe the standard or grades of sago product and nipah product;

to issue licenses, certificates, permits and approvals as may be required under this Ordinance and its regulations; and

to do such other things as it deems fit to enable it to perform its functions effectively or which are incidental to the performance of its functions.

Power of the Minister to give directions