Pineapple Industry Act, 1957 (No. 427)

This Act provides for the establishment of the Malaysian Pineapple Industry Board, a body corporate which is empowered to acquire and hold property (either movable or immovable), transfer or otherwise deal with the same, enter into contracts for the purposes of this Act. The Board shall also manage and administer the special Fund set up under section 7. Further functions of the Board shall include: (a) financing of agronomic and processing research programmes for the industry; (b) negotiation of agreements on prices and grades of pineapples for sale to canneries; (c) regulation of the production, grading and marketing of pineapple for sale to canneries and of canned pineapple; (d) administration of quality control and health regulations; (e) collection of statistical data and maintenance of statistical records of the industry. Moreover, the Board shall keep the register of growers, canners, canneries, exporters, can suppliers, marketing societies, transporters and vendors (section 11). After registration, the certificates referred to in section 13 shall be assigned. Such registration is compulsory for carrying on the activities specified under section 14, which include pineapple preparation, labelling, cans imports and canned pineapple exports. Section 19 regulates the recognition of associations engaged in the pineapple industry sector. Section 21 defines the powers of inspectors to be appointed by the Board in order to ensure the enforcement of this Act and the regulations made thereunder.