(1) A body corporate by the name of Malaysian Pepper Board is established.
(2) The Board shall have perpetual succession and a common seal, and may sue and be sued in its name.
(3) The objectives of the Board are—
(a) to promote the planting of pepper;
(b) to develop and promote the pepper industry;
(c) to promote the research on pepper, pepper products and the pepper industry;
(d) to develop national objectives, policies and priorities for the orderly development and administration of the pepper industry of Malaysia; and
(e) to regulate the pepper industry except the planting of and research on pepper.
(4) The provisions of the First Schedule shall apply to the Board.
Malay text (authoritative)
Lembaga dan matlamatnya
(1) Suatu pertubuhan perbadanan dengan nama Lembaga Lada Malaysia ditubuhkan.
(2) Lembaga adalah kekal turun-temurun dan mempunyai suatu meterai perbadanan, dan boleh membawa guaman dan dibawa guaman atas namanya.
(3) Matlamat Lembaga adalah—
(a) untuk menggalakkan penanaman lada;
(b) untuk membangunkan dan menggalakkan industri lada;
(c) untuk menggalakkan penyelidikan tentang lada, keluaran lada dan industri lada;
(d) untuk membangunkan matlamat, dasar dan keutamaan negara bagi pembangunan dan pentadbiran industri lada Malaysia yang teratur; dan
(e) untuk mengawal selia industri lada kecuali penanaman dan penyelidikan tentang lada.
(4) Peruntukan Jadual Pertama hendaklah terpakai bagi Lembaga.
Text as at 1 November 2012 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.
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).
