Malaysia legislation
Section 24
Section 24
The functions of the Authority shall be—
(1)
to encourage, promote, stimulate, improve, coordinate, regulate and control
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forest products and forest product activities including the effective and efficient utilization of forest products; the improvement of the methods of exploiting forest products; the planting, maintenance and harvesting of forest plantations; grading and quality control; methods of operation, business and marketing;
(2)
in relation to forest, forest products and forest product activities—
(a)
to gather, study, analyse and distribute information;
(b)
as needed to arrange and where possible, to provide technical advisory services, marketing facilities and agencies, training programmes;
(c)
to make recommendations to Government on methods, measures and policies and implement or assist in the implementation of any policies or methods approved by Government if so required;
(d)
to collect, receive or charge such dues, cess or other charges as may be deemed reasonable by the Minister to meet the costs of the Authority and the carrying out of its objectives and functions;
(3)
to carry out or supervise the development of suitable areas from which timber has been extracted and other suitable areas including planting or replanting;
(4)
to encourage, promote, supervise and undertake afforestation and reafforestation to supplement the production of timber from natural forests;
(5)
to carry out the development of forestry-based settlement schemes through implementation of afforestation and reafforestation to uplift the socio-economic standards of the rural populace.
General powers of the Authority.