Rubber Industry Smallholders Development Authority Act 1972.

This Act comprising 57 Articles establishes the Rubber Industry Smallholders Development Authority as a body corporate to (i) promote, develop and regulate the rubber industry in the smallholder sector; (ii) prescribe schemes for the benefit of smallholders and estate owners. The main functions and powers of the Authority are (i) implementing policies and programmes; (ii) planning and co-ordinating activities; (iii) providing technical and financial assistance; (iv) engaging in trading and marketing; (v) establishing corporations and companies; (vi) enforcing regulations. The Act also empowers the Authority to prescribe schemes for the replanting, new planting or planting of other crops by smallholders and estate owners, and the Minister to direct the cessation or recovery of any assistance given under the schemes, if deemed necessary. The Act provides for the appointment of the members of the Authority, the tenure and revocation of office, the establishment of committees, the delegation of functions and powers, and the power of the Minister to give directions to the Authority. Article 13 establishes the Rubber Industry Smallholders Development Authority Fund, which consists of various sources of income and expenditure.
Part VII confers powers of enforcement to the authorized officers of the Authority, which include the power to investigate, search, seize, enter premises, require information, and compound offences. The Act also provides for the forfeiture and disposal of rubber or other articles seized and the protection of the authorized officers from legal actions.