Timber Industry Board (Incorporation) Bill

Bill No. 58/1973

Read the first time on 30th November 1973.

An Act to provide for the incorporation of the Timber Industry Board as a body corporate, for the purposes of promoting, regulating and improving the timber industry and trade, for the establishment of a Timber Industry Board Fund and for matters connected therewith, and to repeal the Timber Export Industry Board (Incorporation) Act (Chapter 203 of the Revised Edition).

Be it enacted by the President with the advice and consent of the Parliament of Singapore, as follows: —

PART I

PRELIMINARY

Short title and commencement

1.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Timber Industry Board (Incorporation) Act, 1973 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.

(2) The Minister may appoint different dates for the coming into operation of the different parts or provisions of this Act.

Interpretation

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —

“Board” means the Timber Industry Board established under section 3;

“Chairman” means the Chairman of the Board appointed under subsection (1) of section 4;

“Executive Secretary” means the Executive Secretary of the Board appointed under section 31;

“export”, with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, means to take or cause to be taken out of Singapore by any means or to place timber in any form of conveyance for the purposes of taking such timber out of Singapore by any means to any place:

Provided that timber taken out of Singapore by the same aircraft or ship by which it was brought into Singapore shall not be deemed to be exported unless after being brought into Singapore the timber has been landed or transhipped within Singapore;

“exporter” means a person who exports timber;

“Fund” means the Timber Industry Board Fund established under section 35;

“grader” means a person who holds a valid certificate of competency in the grading of timber issued by the grading authority;

“grading authority” means, until otherwise declared by the Minister by notification in the Gazette, the Timber Officer of the Department of Trade;

“import”, with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, means to bring or cause to be brought into Singapore by any means;

“licence” means a licence issued under this Act;

“licensee” means a holder of a valid licence;

“manufacturer” means any person who is registered under the Control of Manufacture Act (Cap. 241) in respect of any timber or carries on the business of processing, seasoning or preserving timber;

“member” means a member of the Board;

“mill” means any building or factory used wholly or partly for manufacturing, processing, seasoning or preserving timber;

“packer” means a person who carries on the business of packaging or bundling timber;

“supplier” means a person who supplies timber;

“timber” means any of the products set out in the First Schedule;

“yard” means any area or place used for storing, packaging or bundling timber.

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