Section 2

“Chairman” means the Chairman of the Council appointed under section 4;

“Chief Executive Officer” means the person appointed under section 11, and includes any officer for the time being acting in or covering the duties of the Chief Executive Officer;

“Council” means the Sarawak Craft Council established under section 3;

“craft” includes products with aesthetic, artistic, creative, culturally attached, decorative, functional, religiously and socially

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symbolic that are either handmade or completed with the help of hand tools or machinery, as long as the direct manual contribution of the craftsman remains the most substantial component of the finished product;

“craft industry” means any industry which is concerned with the production of craft;

“Deputy Chairman” means the Deputy Chairman of the

Council appointed under section 4;

“equipment” includes tools, machines, raw materials, digital hardware and software, for the design, production and promotion of craft;

“Fund” means the Sarawak Craft Council Fund established under section 17;

“Government” means the Government of the State of

Sarawak;

“member” means a member of the Council, and includes the

Chairman and Deputy Chairman;

“Minister” means the Minister for the time being charged with the responsibility for matters relating to arts and culture;

“traditional cultural expression” shall have the same meaning assigned to it under the Sarawak Heritage Ordinance, 2019 [Cap.

77]; and

“traditional knowledge” shall have the same meaning assigned to it under the Sarawak Heritage Ordinance, 2019 [Cap.

77].