| (1) The Minister may, in the Incorporation Order, assign to the Board any one or more, or any part, of the following functions, namely-
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| (a) the development and assistance in the development of the productivity of land in coconut plantations; | | |
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| (b) the cultivation and assistance in and promotion and regulation of the cultivation of land with coconut; | | |
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| (c) the identification of land in coconut plantations suitable for inter-planting with other crops (including pasture) and the promotion, direction, carrying out and assistance in the carrying out of inter-planting programmes on such land; | | |
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| (d) the promotion and regulation of, assistance to, and engagement in, animal husbandry on land in coconut plantations; | | |
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| (e) the specification, popularization, promotion and direction of proper cultivation practices in respect of the growing of coconut and other crops in coconut plantations; | | |
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| (f) the manufacture, and assistance in and promotion and regulation of the manufacture, of coconut products; | | |
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| (g) the promotion of new techniques in the processing of coconut products; | | |
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| (h) the promotion and direction of the modernization, and assistance in increasing the efficiency, of establishments manufacturing coconut products; | | |
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| (i) the prescription and maintenance of standards of quality of coconut products manufactured in or exported from Ceylon; | | |
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| (j) the purchase and sale, and the regulation of the purchase and sale, of coconut products, and the formulation and implementation, or assistance in the formulation and implementation, of minimum and maximum price schemes and price stabilization schemes for coconut products in general, and for small holders' coconut products in particular; | | |
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| (k) the export and import, and the regulation of the export and import and of the export price and import price, of coconut products; | | |
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| (l) the maintenance, promotion and creation of demand for coconut products, both within and outside Ceylon, by advertising, by initiating, financing, supporting and supervising promotional work, by establishing, managing, supervising and supporting sales rooms and agencies, by organizing, assisting and participating in, exhibitions and fairs, and by any other means necessary for the purpose; | | |
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| (m) the conducting of market research into all aspects of the transport and marketing of coconut products within and outside Ceylon; | | |
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| (n) the conducting and furthering of scientific research in respect of, the growth and cultivation of coconut palms, the growing of other crops and the engagement in animal husbandry in coconut plantations and the prevention and cure of diseases and pests; | | |
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| (o) the establishment and maintenance of research institutes, experimental stations and nurseries; | | |
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| (p) the conducting and furthering of scientific research in connection with the processing and utilization of coconut products; | | |
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| (q) the establishment and maintenance of pilot plants for the processing of coconut products, and the fabrication of experimental processing equipment; | | |
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| (r) the training of advisory and extension workers to assist the coconut industry; | | |
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| (s) the guiding and advising of the coconut industry on all matters of a technical nature; | | |
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| (t) the promotion of co-operative and collective forms of management and ownership of coconut plantations and of establishments manufacturing or trading in coconut products. | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts