Duties

(1) The Board members shall administer, supervise and control the affairs and business of the Board subject to any directions of a general character given by the Minister as to the policy to be followed by the Board in the exercise of performance of its functions. (2) No payment out of the funds of the Board shall be made unless it has been authorised by writing authenticated by the joint signatures of the Chairperson or one member authorised to act in that behalf and of the secretary, Provided that the officers of the Board who are specifically authorised by the Board may effect petty disbursements or immediate payments out of the funds they may be permitted by the Board to hold from time to time. (3) The Board shall ensure that bananas are grown in accordance with its established regulations and directions. 11 (4) The Board shall furnish the Minister with such returns, accounts and information as he may require with respect to the property, transactions and activities of the Board, and shall afford him or his duly accredited representative all facilities for verification thereof.