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| (1) The Board shall have the power to do all such acts and take all such steps as may be necessary for, or conducive or incidental to, the performance of its functions. |
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| (2) Without prejudice to the generality of the powers conferred by sub-section (1), the Board shall have the power-
| | (a) to acquire in any manner whatsoever and hold, take or give on lease or hire, mortgage, pledge, sell or otherwise dispose of, any movable or immovable property; | | |
| | (b) to enter into and perform or carry out, whether directly or through any officer or agent authorized in that behalf by the Board, all such contracts or agreements as may be necessary for, or conducive or incidental to, the performance of the functions and the exercise of the powers of the Board; | | |
| | (c) to construct, manufacture, purchase, maintain and repair anything necessary for, or conducive or incidental to, the performance of the functions of the Board; | | |
| | (d) to purchase, transport, store and supply any commodity, equipment or machinery necessary for, or conducive or incidental to, the performance of the functions of the Board; | | |
| | (e) to train, or assist financially the training of, persons to do work necessary for, or conducive or incidental to, the performance of the functions of the Board; | | |
| | (f) to provide services of any kind that may be necessary for, or conducive or incidental to, the performance of the functions of the Board; | | |
| | (g) to levy fees or other charges for services performed, or facilities or equipment provided, by the Board; | | |
| | (h) to provide assistance, including financial assistance through loans, guaranteeing of loans, subsidies and grants, to any co-operative society, union of co-operative societies, local authority, State-Sponsored Corporation or Government Department or any person or body of persons (whether corporate or not) engaged in the cultivation of coconut or of other crops in coconut plantations, animal husbandry on land in coconut plantations, manufacturing or trading in coconut products, or in the provision of any service, facility, commodity or equipment, or in the doing of any act or thing necessary for, or conducive or incidental to, the performance of the functions and the exercise of the powers of the Board; | | |
| | (i) to own or manage, or participate in the ownership or management of, or assist in or supervise the management of, any land, property, undertaking, or activity connected with the cultivation of coconut or other crops in coconut plantations, animal husbandry in coconut plantations, or the manufacture of or trading in coconut products; | | |
| | (j) to appoint, employ, remunerate and control such officers, servants and agents as may be necessary for, or conducive or incidental to, the performance of the functions and the exercise of the powers of the Board; | | |
| | (k) to establish and maintain provident funds, gratuity schemes and pension funds, and provide financial assistance, welfare and recreational facilities, houses, hostels and other like accommodation, for the persons employed by or serving the Board; | | |
| | (l) subject to the provisions of this Act, to make rules in respect of the administration of the affairs of the Board; and | | |
| | (m)
| | | (i) to require any person to maintain true and accurate records, in a form and containing the particulars specified by the Board, relating to any matter as may be necessary for, or conducive or incidental to, the performance of the functions or the exercise of the powers of the Board; |
| (ii) to require any person to furnish, within a specified period of time, all such returns, information and explanations as are within the knowledge of that person relating to any matter as may be necessary for, or conducive or incidental to, the performance of the functions or the exercise of the powers of the Board; |
| (iii) to require any person to produce or cause to be produced before a specified date such documentary or other evidence as the Board may require for the purpose of verifying any facts, entered in any record maintained under sub-paragraph (i), or stated in any return, information or explanation furnished under sub-paragraph (ii); |
| (iv) to enter and inspect, at any reasonable time, any land, building, office, store, factory, shed or premises for the purpose of examining and verifying any records or for the purpose of verifying any particulars furnished in any return made or information or explanation given to the Board under sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii); and |
| (v) to enter at any reasonable time any land, building, office, store, factory, shed or premises for the purpose of inspecting and checking stocks of any coconut products. |
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| (3) Any person who fails, without reasonable cause to comply with the provisions of sub-paragraph (i) or sub-paragraph (ii) or sub-paragraph (iii) of paragraph (m) of sub-section (2), or who knowingly maintains false records or furnishes false returns, information, explanations, or documentary or other evidence, or who obstructs the Board in the exercise of the powers conferred on it by sub-paragraph (iv) or sub-paragraph (v) of paragraph (m) of sub-section (2), shall be guilty of an offence under this Act. |
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| (4) Any particulars obtained by the Board under the provisions of sub-paragraphs (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) of paragraph (m) of sub-section (2) shall be treated as confidential by the Board and by every member, officer or servant thereof, except where the person furnishing such particulars otherwise agrees, or when the disclosing or publishing of such particulars is necessary for the purposes of this Act or of any legal proceedings thereunder; and any person who knowingly discloses or publishes any such particulars shall be guilty of an offence: |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts