Palm Oil Registration and Licensing Authority (Amendment) Act 1982 (No. 540)

PALM OIL REGISTRATION AND LICENSING AUTHORITY (INCORPORATION) (AMENDMENT) ACT 1982 ACT A540 PREAMBLE An Act to amend the Palm Oil Registration and Licensing Authority (Incorporation) Act 1976. BE IT ENACTED by the Duli Yang Maha Mulia Seri Paduka Baginda Yang di-Pertuan Agong with the advice and consent of Dewan Negara and Dewan Rakyat in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: 1. Short title and commencement. This Act may be cited as the Palm Oil Registration and Licensing Authority (Incorporation) (Amendment) Act 1982 and shall come into operation on a date to be appointed by the Minister by notification in the Gazette. 2. Amendment of section 2. Section 2 of the Palm Oil Registration and Licensing Authority (Incorporation) Act 1976, which in this Act is referred to as "the principal Act", is amended by (a) inserting immediately after the definition of "Chairman" appearing therein the following new definition: ' "chief executive" means the chief executive appointed under subsection (1) of section 7;'; (b) deleting the word "fresh" in the definition of "oil palm fresh fruit" appearing therein; (c) inserting immediately after the definition of "oil palm fruit" appearing therein the following new definition: ' "oil palm product" means any product obtained directly from the oil palm and does include palm oil, palm kernel, palm kernel cake, palm fatty acids, oil palm seeds and oil palm seedlings; '; (d) substituting for the definition of "palm oil" appearing therein the following: ' "palm oil" means oil, whether in crude or processed form, extracted from oil palm fruits or oil palm seeds; '; and (e) deleting the definition of "semi processed palm oil" appearing therein. 3. Substituting the words "oil palm product" for the words "palm oil" appearing in several sections. The principal Act is amended by substituting the words "palm oil" for the words "oil palm product" wherever appearing in paragraphs (c), (d) and (e) of section 11, paragraphs (e) and (f) of subsection (1) of section 12, section 26, section 27, section 28, section 29, section 30, section 31 and subsections (1) and (2) of section 32. 4. Amendment of section 11. http://www.cljlaw.com/membersentry/legislationdisplayformatpre.asp?MY FS AME 1982 540;ACT%20179; Section 11 of the principal Act is amended by (a) substituting for the words "oil palm fresh fruit, palm oil and palm kernel and the milling of oil palm fresh fruit," appearing in paragraph (a) thereof the following words: "oil palm product, and the milling of oil palm fruit;" and (b) substituting for the words "oil palm fresh fruit, palm oil and palm kernel "appearing in paragraph (b) thereof the words "oil palm product". 5. Amendment of section 12. Subsection (3) of section 12 of the principal Act is amended by substituting for paragraph (b) thereof the following: "(b) to set up committees, which may consist of or include persons who are not members of the Authority, to advise or assist the Authority on such matters concerning its powers and duties as it considers fit; and the Authority may delegate, subject to such conditions and restrictions as it may impose, such of its powers and duties (except the power to make regulations or orders) as it considers fit to any of such committees. and any act done or decision made by the committee pursuant to such delegation shall be deemed to be the act or decision of the Authority.". 6. Amendment of section 13. Section 13 of the principal Act is amended by deleting subsection (6) thereof. 7. Amendment of section 16. Section 16 of the principal Act is amended by substituting for the words "palm oil and palm kernel" appearing in subsections (1) and (2) thereof the words "oil palm product". 8. Amendment of section 23. Section 23 of the principal Act is amended by inserting immediately after the word "vehicle" appearing in the eighth line thereof the words ", book, document or other article". 9. Amendment of section 25. Subsection (1) of section 25 of the principal Act is amended by substituting for the words "seize any article found therein in respect of which there is or has been such a contravention and any book or document" the following words: "may, if on examination he has reasonable cause to believe that such conveyance is or has been used for the contravention of this Act, seize such conveyance and any book, document or other article found therein". 10. Amendment of section 29. Section 29 of the principal Act is amended by substituting for the word "two" appearing therein the word "six". 11. Amendment of section 33. Section 33 of the principal Act is amended by substituting the words "a sample not exceeding ten per centum in volume or weight" for the words "ten per centum" and the word "sample" for the words "related ten per centum", appearing therein. 12. Amendment of section 41. Section 41 of the principal Act is amended by substituting the words "under this Act" for the words "thereunder" appearing therein.