(1) This Act may be cited as the Palm Oil Registration and Shortcomn title Act 1976. and Licensing Authority (Incorporation) mencement. such date as (2) This Act shall come into operation on the Minister may, by notification in the "Gazette, appoint PuB)3u3/7 for different parts of and different dates may be appointed Malaysia. otherwise requires Interpreta
In this Act unless the context tion. "analyst" means an analyst appointed under section 32: and Licen- "Authority" means the Palm Oil Registration 3; sing Authority established under section "Chairman" means the Chairman of the Authority and of chairman includes any person exercising the functions Chairman under section 6; (AASUO) AATas and deemed to be the Lonveiana".- ' huet e N ve - - . and Licensing "Fund" means the Palm Oil Registration established under section 15; Authority Fund "oficer of customs" has the meaning assigned thereto in 62 67 the Custom Act 1967: Pt. I-II. S. 2-4 "oil palm" means the palm of the genus Elaeis and includes the species Elaeis guineen.sis, normally referred to as the AfrIcan oil palm," and Elacis 1/alanococca or Corozo oleifera, normally referred to as the "South American oil palm", and also includes hybrids of the two species; "oil palm ftesh fruit" means the unprocessed fruit of the D/AA S4O oil palm, whether in bunches or in loose form; oi palm Produtt- AA SED "palm oil" means the oil, wether in crude or semi- Sub. AASUO processed form, extracted from the pericarp of the oil palm fruit, and "semi-processed palm oil" means any torm_ o erudepalm oil that has been modificd or treated by a physical DAASYO OFchemical process and is-eapable of further proeesstng, cOHversion or manufaeture into a fimished and finaB prodttet, "Palm Oil Inspector" means a Palm Oil Inspector appointed under section 7; Research Fund D/AA 35 "Research Fund" means the Palm Oil established under section 15. PaRT II POWERS OF ESTABLISHMENT, DUTIES AND THE AUTHORITY named established a body corporate Establish- 3. (1) There shall be which ment of the and Licensing Authority" Authority. the "Palm Oil Registration seal and power succession and a c o m m o n shall have perpetual immovable property and movable and to acquire and hold deal therewith, and which or otherwise to dispose thereof name. sue and be sued in its Corporate may to the Authority. (2) The Schcdule shall apply members shall consist of the following Composi- 4. (1) The Authority the Ministerwho shall be appointed by tion of thhe Authority. (a) a Chairman; for the representative of the Ministry responsible (b) a palm oil industry; responsible for of the Ministry (c) a representative industrial development; of the Treasury; (d) a representative Agricultural of the Malaysian (e)a representative Institute or of any Research and Development in palm oil research; other body engaged Pt. I1, S. 4-7] PALMOl RI GIST RATION AND LICENSING AUTHORITY INCORPORATION) (D a representative of the Federal Land Development Authority; and (g) four representatives of the palm oil industry. in addition to the persons (2) The Minister may, mentioned in subsection (1), appoint to be members of the other persons to represent Authority not more than four oil industry. East Malaysian and other interests in the palm AA35 er each member of the Afernaie
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Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).