Section 6

For the purpose of carrying out the functions and exercising the powers and directing and managing the affairs of the Institute, there is hereby established the Council of the Standards and Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia which shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal, and which may sue and be sued in its corporate name and, subject to and for the purposes of this Act, may enter into contracts and acquire and hold property, movable or immovable, and dispose thereof or otherwise deal therewith.