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Establishment of Agricultural Wages Board.
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5.—(1) On the commencement of this Act there shall be established a board (in this Act referred to as the Board) to be styled and known as the Agricultural Wages Board to fulfil the functions assigned to it by this Act.
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(2) The Board shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and an official seal (which shall be judicially noticed) and power to sue and be sued in its corporate name and to hold and dispose of land.
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(3) The Board shall consist of twelve members, namely—
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(a) a chairman (in this Act referred to as the Chairman of the Board), and
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(b) eleven ordinary members (in this Act referred to as ordinary members), namely—
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(i) three members (in this Act referred to as neutral members) nominated by the Minister,
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(ii) four members (in this Act referred to as employers' members) nominated by the Minister, and
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(iii) four members (in this Act referred to as workers' members) nominated by the Minister.
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(4) The employers' members shall be persons who are, in the opinion of the Minister, representative of agricultural employers and the workers' members shall be persons who are, in the opinion of the Minister, representative of agricultural workers.
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