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                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              SUGAR INDUSTRY BOARD ACT, 1981 
                                              (ACT 432)</span></b></p>

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                                              ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS</span></p>
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                                              Section</span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              <a href=1>1. Establishment of Sugar Industry 
                                              Board.</a></span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              <a href=2>2. Membership of Board.</a></span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              <a href=3>3. Qualifications and 
                                              Disqualifications of Members of 
                                              Board.</a></span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              <a href=4>4. Functions of Board.</a></span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              <a href=5>5. Other Functions of Board.</a></span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              <a href=6>6. Executive Secretary and Staff 
                                              of Board.</a></span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              <a href=7>7. Regulations of Business.</a></span></p>
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                                              <a href=8>8. Validity of Proceedings. </a></span>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              <a href=9> 9. Funds.</a> </span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              <a href=10>10. Accounts and Audit.</a> </span>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              <a href=11>11. Annual Report.</a></span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              <a href=12>12. Repeal.</a></span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700">
                                              THE FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SECOND</span></p>
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                                              ACT OF THE PARLIAMENT OF THE 
                                              REPUBLIC OF GHANA</span></p>
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                                              ENTITLED</span></p>
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                                              <b>

                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              THE SUGAR INDUSTRY BOARD ACT, 
                                              1981(ACT 432).</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              AN ACT to provide for the 
                                              establishment of the Sugar 
                                              Industry Board and for other 
                                              matters connected therewith.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              DATE OF ASSENT: 28th May, 1981</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              BE IT ENACTED by Parliament as 
                                              follows&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
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                                              <b>
                                              <a name=1></a>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 1&#8212;Establishment of Sugar 
                                              Industry Board.</span></b></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              There is established a body to be 
                                              known as the Sugar Industry Board 
                                              in this Act referred to as &quot;the 
                                              Board&quot;.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
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                                              <b>
                                              <a name=2></a>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 2&#8212;Membership of Board.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) The Board shall consist&nbsp; of 
                                              the following persons who shall be 
                                              appointed by the Cabinet&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) a representative of the 
                                              Ministry responsible for 
                                              Industries;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) a representative of the 
                                              Ministry responsible for 
                                              Agriculture;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) a representative of the 
                                              Agricultural Development Bank;</span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (d) a representative of the Ghana 
                                              Sugar Estates Limited, Accra;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (e) two representatives of the 
                                              Ghana Sugar-Cane Planters 
                                              Associations;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (f) a representative of the Crop 
                                              Research Institute; and</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (g) two other members.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The Chairman of the Board 
                                              shall be appointed by the 
                                              President from among the members 
                                              specified in subsection (1)&nbsp; of 
                                              this section.</span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) The Chairman and the other 
                                              members of the Board shall be 
                                              eligible for reappointment but 
                                              subject to the foregoing, shall 
                                              hold office otherwise on such 
                                              terms and conditions as the 
                                              Government may determine.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) The Board may, at any time, 
                                              co-opt any person as an adviser to 
                                              attend any of its meetings.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>

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                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 3&#8212;Qualifications and 
                                              Disqualifications of Members of 
                                              Board.</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) No person shall be qualified 
                                              to be a member of the Board who&#8212;</span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) is not a citizen of Ghana;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) has been adjudged or otherwise 
                                              declared&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">(i) 
                                              a bankrupt under any law in force 
                                              in Ghana and has not been 
                                              discharged;</span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (ii) to be of unsound mind; or</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) is detained as a criminal 
                                              lunatic under any law for the time 
                                              being in force in Ghana; or</span></p>
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                                              (d) has been convicted&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">(i) 
                                              for high crime under the 
                                              Constitution or for treason or for 
                                              an offence involving the security 
                                              of the State, fraud, dishonesty or 
                                              moral turpitude; or</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (ii) for any other offence on 
                                              indictment; or</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (e) has been found by the report 
                                              of a commission or a committee of 
                                              inquiry to be incompetent to hold 
                                              public office or in respect of 
                                              whom a commission or committee of 
                                              inquiry has found that while being 
                                              a public officer he acquired 
                                              assets unlawfully or defrauded the 
                                              State or misused or abused his 
                                              office or wilfully acted in a 
                                              manner prejudicial to the&nbsp; 
                                              interests of the State, and such 
                                              findings have not been set aside 
                                              on appeal or judicial review; or</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (f) has had his property 
                                              confiscated as the result of the 
                                              findings of a commission or 
                                              committee of inquiry; and such 
                                              findings have not been set aside 
                                              on appeal or judicial review; or</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (g) is under sentence of death or 
                                              other sentence of imprisonment 
                                              imposed on him by any court; or</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (h) is otherwise disqualified by 
                                              any law for the time being in 
                                              force.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) For the purpose of paragraph 
                                              (d) or (e) or (f) of subsection 
                                              (1) of this section if ten years 
                                              or more have elapsed since the end 
                                              of the sentence or the date of the 
                                              publication of the report of the 
                                              commission or committee of inquiry 
                                              or has been pardoned, that person 
                                              shall not be disqualified to be a 
                                              member of the Board by reason only 
                                              of the&nbsp; provisions of that 
                                              paragraph.</span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) Without prejudice to 
                                              subsection (1) of this section, 
                                              any member of the Board shall 
                                              cease to be a member if&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) by notice in writing under his 
                                              hand addressed to the President, 
                                              he resigns his office at any time;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (b) he is absent from three or 
                                              more consecutive meetings of the 
                                              Board without sufficient reason; 
                                              or</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) he is removed by the President 
                                              on grounds of stated misconduct;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (d) in the case of a person 
                                              possessed of professional 
                                              qualifications, he is disqualified 
                                              or suspended, otherwise than at 
                                              his request, from practising his 
                                              profession in Ghana by order of 
                                              any competent authority made in 
                                              respect of him personally.</span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <a name=4></a>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 4&#8212;Functions of Board.</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              It shall be the duty of the Board 
                                              to monitor the sugar industry and 
                                              advise the Government on&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) the price to be paid to 
                                              producers of sugar-cane, quality 
                                              grading and the system of premiums 
                                              and discounts to be adopted;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) the price to be paid to 
                                              producers of sugar and its 
                                              by-products;</span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) the importation of sugar-cane 
                                              from other countries for breeding 
                                              and multiplication purposes;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (d) the import and export of sugar 
                                              and the co-ordination of 
                                              production and distribution;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (e) the protection of the local 
                                              industry by means of duties, 
                                              levies, licensing and other 
                                              necessary measures;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (f) the utilisation of by-products 
                                              of sugar-cane; and</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (g) any other matters affecting 
                                              the sugar industry.</span></p>

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                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></b></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <a name=5></a>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 5&#8212;Other Functions of 
                                              Board.</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Without prejudice to section 4 of 
                                              this Act it shall also be the duty 
                                              of the Board&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) to draw appropriate programmes 
                                              for the rapid development and 
                                              expansion of the local sugar 
                                              industry, and to review the 
                                              progress of implementation of the 
                                              programmes;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) to collect and analyse in 
                                              collaboration with other relevant 
                                              agencies of Government of 
                                              statistical data on the 
                                              importation, local production, 
                                              distribution and consumption of 
                                              sugar and related products in 
                                              Ghana;</span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) to promote and co-ordinate 
                                              research activities into 
                                              sugar-cane growing, processing and 
                                              marketing;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (d) to promote, encourage and 
                                              co-ordinate extension services to 
                                              farmers including training of 
                                              sugar experts;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (e) to promote the development of 
                                              appropriate technologies suitable 
                                              for the production of sugar and 
                                              related products in Ghana;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (f) to provide management and 
                                              business advisory services to 
                                              Sugar-Cane Planters Association 
                                              and proprietors of sugar mills; 
                                              and</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (g) to provide any other related 
                                              services and perform such other 
                                              functions as the Government may 
                                              from time to time assign to the 
                                              Board.</span></p>

                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <a name=6></a>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 6&#8212;Executive Secretary and 
                                              Staff of Board.</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (1) The Board shall have an 
                                              Executive Secretary who shall be 
                                              appointed by the Minister 
                                              responsible for Industries on the 
                                              advice of the Board.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The Executive Secretary shall 
                                              be the head of the Secretariat of 
                                              the Board and shall perform such 
                                              functions as the Board may 
                                              determine.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) The terms and conditions of 
                                              employment of the Executive 
                                              Secretary shall be determined by 
                                              the Minister responsible for 
                                              Industry.</span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) The Board shall employ such 
                                              persons as the Board may 
                                              reasonably require for the 
                                              efficient discharge of its 
                                              functions, subject to such terms 
                                              and conditions as may be 
                                              determined by the Board.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                               <a name=7></a>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                             
                                              Section 7&#8212;Regulations of Business.</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The Board shall ordinarily 
                                              meet for the despatch of business 
                                              at such time and place as the 
                                              Chairman may from time to time 
                                              appoint but, shall meet at least 
                                              once in every three months.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) At every meeting of the Board 
                                              the Chairman of the Board shall 
                                              preside and in his absence a 
                                              member chosen for that purpose by 
                                              a majority of members present 
                                              shall preside.</span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) The Chairman shall upon a 
                                              request in writing brought by one 
                                              third of members of the Board 
                                              summon a special meeting of the 
                                              Board within fourteen days upon 
                                              the receipt of such requests.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) The quorum of the Board shall 
                                              be five.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (5) Subject to subsections (1) and 
                                              (2) of this section the Board 
                                              shall regulate its own procedure.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                               <a name=8></a>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 8&#8212;Validity of Proceedings.
                                              </span></b></p>

                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The proceedings of the Board shall 
                                              not be invalidated by any vacancy 
                                              in the membership of the Board or 
                                              by any defect in the appointment 
                                              or qualification of any member.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b> <a name=9></a>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              Section 9&#8212;Funds. </span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The funds of the Board shall 
                                              include:&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) any grants received from the 
                                              Government by the Board for the 
                                              discharge of its functions;</span></p>

                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) any loans granted to the Board 
                                              by the Government;</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) any moneys accruing to the 
                                              Board in the course of the 
                                              performance of its functions under 
                                              this Act;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (d) gifts; and</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (e) funds from any other source.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) All sums of money received on 
                                              account of the Board may be paid 
                                              into such banks as may be approved 
                                              by the Board for the credit of the 
                                              Board's general current or deposit 
                                              account so however, that the Board 
                                              may invest as it deems fit any 
                                              moneys not required for current 
                                              use.</span></p>

                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                               <a name=10></a>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 10&#8212;Accounts and Audit.
                                              </span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (1) The Board shall&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) cause proper accounts and 
                                              other records in relation thereto 
                                              to be kept;</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) prepare an annual statement of 
                                              account in such form and 
                                              containing such particulars as the 
                                              Auditor-General may from time 
                                              direct, or as may be required to 
                                              satisfy its undertakings or 
                                              engagements.</span></p>

                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The Accounts of the Board 
                                              shall be audited annually by the 
                                              Auditor-General, who shall make 
                                              report thereon to the Government.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                               <a name=11></a>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              Section 11&#8212;Annual Report.</span></b></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The Board shall annually, not 
                                              later than six months after the 
                                              end of its financial year, prepare 
                                              and submit, through the Minister 
                                              responsible for Industries to the 
                                              Government, a report on its 
                                              activities during the preceding 
                                              year.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The financial year of the 
                                              Board shall be the same as that of 
                                              the Government.</span></p>

                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
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                                              Section 12&#8212;Repeal.</span></b></p>
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                                              The Sugar Industry Board Decree, 
                                              1973 (NRCD 232) is hereby 
                                              repealed.</span></p>
