Protection of the Board and its members, and officers and servants of the Institute
Open ↗No action or prosecution shall be brought, instituted or maintained in any court against the Board or any of its members, or against any officer or servant of the Institute for or on account
of or in respect of any act ordered or done for the purpose of carrying into effect this Act, and no suit or prosecution shall lie in any court against any other person for or on account of or in respect of any act done or purporting to have been done by him under order, direction or instruction of the Board or any of its members, or any officer or servant of the Institute given for any such purpose as aforesaid:
Provided that the act was done in good faith and in a reasonable belief that it was necessary for the purpose intended to be served thereby.
Fees
Open ↗The Board may from time to time fix the fees to be charged in respect of any research, investigation, test, advice or other services that the Institute is requested to carry out, render or perform pursuant to paragraph 8(2)(b).
Property in discoveries and improvements
Open ↗(1) The property in every discovery of and improvement in any process or apparatus beneficial to forestry development by any officer or servant of the Institute in the course of his duties or during the period when the officer or servant concerned is under the employment of the Board, shall vest in the Board, but the Board may reward the officer or servant concerned for the discovery or improvement.
(2) The Board may make available any discovery or improvement vested in the Institute by virtue of subsection (1), to any body or person subject to such conditions and to the payment of such fees or royalties if any, as the Board may determine.
Transfer of rights and liabilities
Open ↗All rights and liabilities which immediately before the commencement of this Act were the rights and liabilities of the Forest Research Institute (hereinafter referred to as the “former Institute”) established under the Federal Forestry Department, shall on the coming into force of this Act be the rights and liabilities of the Board constituted under this Act.
Continuance of officers and servants
Open ↗Every person who immediately before the commencement of this Act was employed as an officer or servant of the Federal Forestry Department for the former Institute, shall on that commencement have the right to an option to be employed by the Board upon terms and conditions of service no less favourable than those enjoyed immediately before that commencement, or to remain in the service of the Federal Forestry Department.
Validation of acts done in anticipation of Act
Open ↗(1) All acts and things done by any person or authority, whether or not purporting to be done for or on behalf of the Board in preparation for or in anticipation of the promulgation of this Act, and any expenditure incurred in relation thereto shall be deemed to have been authorized by this Act, provided that the acts and things are not inconsistent with the general intention and purpose of this Act; and all rights and obligations acquired or incurred as a result of the doing of those acts and things or of any expenditure so incurred shall be deemed to be the rights and obligations of the Board.
(2) For the avoidance of doubt, it is declared that subsection (1) does not authorize the appointment of members, officers or servants of the Board except in so far as to authorize the temporary appointment of such persons until appointed under this Act.
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).
