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| (1) The Minister may, in the Incorporation Order, assign to the Board any one or more, or any part, of the following special powers, namely the power-
| | (a) to register-
| | | (i) coconut plantations and the proprietors of such plantations, |
| (ii) millers and other manufacturers of coconut products, |
| (iii) auctioneers and brokers engaged in the purchase and sale of coconut products, and |
| (iv) dealers in and shippers of coconut products; |
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| | (b) to determine the qualifications, terms and conditions, procedure and annual fees payable for such registration, and in its discretion to remove from or restore to the register any name: | | |
| | (c) to engage in, regulate, control, supervise, direct, manage and inspect the cultivation and utilization of land in coconut plantations and the cultivation of land with coconut; | | |
| | (d) to engage in, regulate, control, supervise, direct, manage and inspect the manufacture, packing, storing, transport and sale of coconut products; | | |
| | (e) to inspect, supervise, regulate and control the factories, stores, yards, buildings, premises, equipment and machinery used or to be used for the manufacture, packing or storing of coconut products; | | |
| | (f) to engage in, regulate, control, supervise, direct, manage and inspect the purchase, sale, transport, storing, import and export of coconut products; | | |
| | (g) to establish sales rooms for the purchase and sale of coconut products and to determine the procedure at such sales rooms, and the procedure for the delivery and receipt of and payment for any product sold at the sales rooms; and | | |
| | (h) to issue licences for the export of coconut products, and to determine the qualifications, terms and conditions and procedure for the issue of such licences, and in its discretion to refuse to issue a licence, or cancel a licence already issued, to any person: | | |
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| (2) The Minister may, in the Incorporation Order, limit the exercise of any one or more, or any part, of the special powers assigned to the Board, to a region, or to a coconut product, or to a class or size of coconut plantation, or in any other way specified in a manner determined by the Minister. |
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