Dairy Produce Marketing Act, 1961

Functions of Board.

5.—(1) The Board shall, in addition to the functions assigned to it by any other provision of this Act, have the following general functions, namely:

(a) to export, or provide for the exportation of, milk and milk products of such class or kind as the Minister may from time to time specify in writing to the Board either, as the Minister may specify from time to time in writing to the Board, generally or to such country or countries as may be so specified by the Minister, and

(b) to promote, facilitate, encourage, assist (financially or otherwise), co-ordinate and develop the exportation of milk and milk products by such means as the Board considers necessary or desirable.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) of this section, the Board may do all or any of the following:

(a) acquire, by purchase or otherwise, store, dispose of, by sale or otherwise, import and export milk and milk products,

(b) engage in the business of wholesale and retail dealing in milk and milk products—

(i) outside the State, and

(ii) with the consent in writing of the Minister and until such time (if any) as the consent is withdrawn in writing by the Minister, in the State,

(c) conduct, or provide for the conducting of, investigations, surveys, analyses, studies and reports in relation to markets, potential markets and market conditions for milk and milk products in the State and outside the State,

(d) conduct, or provide for the conducting of, periodic comprehensive reviews, surveys and studies of trade in milk and milk products in the State and outside the State,

(e) carry out, or provide for the carrying out of, and assist, financially or otherwise, experimental and development work and investigations in relation to the provision of new and improved types of milk products, packing for milk and milk products and methods of presentation for marketing of milk and milk products,

(f) provide, or arrange for the provision of, publicity in any form or medium in the State and outside the State for the purpose of encouraging the increased consumption and use of milk and milk products and promoting increases in the quantities of milk and milk products exported from the State,

(g) establish, equip and operate, and provide for the establishment, equipment and operation of, and assist, financially or otherwise, in the operation of, showrooms, information bureaux, and similar establishments, in the State and outside the State, designed to promote the increased consumption and use of milk and milk products and to promote increases in the quantities of milk and milk products exported from the State,

(h) publish and distribute, or provide for the publication and distribution of, pamphlets, notices, bulletins, journals, magazines and such other similar matter as it thinks fit, in the State and outside the State, for the purpose of encouraging the increased consumption and use of milk and milk products and promoting increases in the quantities of milk and milk products exported from the State,

(i) undertake, promote, or provide for the undertaking and promotion of, and assist in, financially or otherwise, any activity which, in the opinion of the Board, is or is likely to result in, directly or indirectly, increases in the quantities of milk and milk products exported from the State.