| 1.
| | This Act may be cited as the Coconut Development Act. |
| 2.
| | Establishment of Boards. |
| 3.
| | `Members of the Board. |
| 4.
| | Disqualification. |
| 5.
| | Terms of office of members. |
| 6.
| | Resignation and removal of members. |
| 7.
| | Appointment of acting members. |
| 8.
| | Eligibility of members for reappointment. |
| 9.
| | Quorum for meeting of the Board. |
| 10.
| | Procedure at meeting of the Board. |
| 11.
| | Who may preside at meetings |
| 12.
| | Vacancy among members not to invalidate the acts of the Board. |
| 13.
| | Remuneration of members the Board. |
| 14.
| | Seal of the Board. |
| 15.
| | Board subject to direction and control by the Authority. |
| 16.
| | Member to disclose interest in contract proposed to be made by the Board. |
| 17.
| | Members and employees of the Board deemed to be public servants. |
| 18.
| | Board deemed to be a scheduled institution within the meaning of the Bribery Act. |
| 19.
| | Delegation of functions and powers by the Board. |
| 20.
| | Functions of the Board. |
| 21.
| | No function of the board to be enforceable in court |
| 22.
| | Powers of the Board- |
| 23.
| | Special powers of the Board, |
| 24.
| | Coconut Development Authority. |
| 25.
| | Authority to be a corporation, |
| 26.
| | Members of the Authority |
| 27.
| | Quorum for meeting of the Authority. |
| 28.
| | Authority subject to direction and control by Minister. |
| 29.
| | Provisions of sections 4,5,6,7, 8, 10, 11, 12,13, 14, 16, 17, 18 and 19 to apply. |
| 30.
| | Functions of the Authority. |
| 31.
| | Powers of the Authority. |
| 32.
| | Capital of the Board. |
| 33.
| | Coconut cess. |
| 34.
| | Authority "to receive sums voted or authorized by Parliament. |
| 35.
| | Financial year. |
| 36.
| | Budget to be approved by Minister. |
| 37.
| | The Authority to make payments to the Board |
| 38.
| | Incurring of expenditure. |
| 39.
| | Power to borrow. |
| 40.
| | Exemption from customs duty. |
| 41.
| | Accounts. |
| 42.
| | Audit of accounts. |
| 43.
| | The Auditor-General's report. |
| 44.
| | The Auditor-General's report to be transmitted to the Minister. |
| 45.
| | Management of coconut plantation by Authority or Board. |
| 46.
| | Expenses of management to be recovered from proprietor. |
| 47.
| | Prevention of or obstruction to persons acting under section 45 or section 46. |
| 48.
| | Acquisition of a coconut plantation. |
| 49.
| | Absolute title to acquired coconut plantation. |
| 50.
| | Provisions of Sri Lanka State Trading corporations Act to apply. |
| 51.
| | Regulations. |
| 52.
| | Transfer of State property and certain contracts and liabilities to the Board or to the Authority. |
| 53.
| | Power to acquire land compulsorily. |
| 54.
| | Appointment of public officers to the staff of the Board or of the Authority. |
| 55.
| | Protection for action taken under this Act or on the direction of the Board or the Authority. |
| 56.
| | No writ to issue against person or property of a member of the Board or the Authority. |
| 57.
| | Offences. |
| 58.
| | Board to take over business of other Boards. |
| 59.
| | Boards which are subject to direction and control of the Authority. |
| 60.
| | Minister's power to mitigate hardship. |
| 61.
| | This Act to have precedence over other written law. |
| 62.
| | interpretation. |
| 63.
| | Reference to coconut to be construed as including reference to palmyrah, and certain other palms. [2, Law 24 of 1975.] |
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