In order to achieve its object and to perform its functions, the board may—
| (a) | appoint, on such conditions as it may determine, persons as officers and employees of the board and delegate or assign to any such officer or employee any power or duty conferred or imposed upon the board by or under this Act: Provided that the board shall not be divested of any power or duty so delegated or assigned and may amend or withdraw any decision made by any such officer or employee in the exercise or performance of any power or duty so delegated or assigned; |
| (b) | pay any person in its employ remuneration according to the conditions of his appointment, but subject, in the case of the general manager, to the approval of the Minister; |
| (c) | make rules prescribing the conditions of service of the persons in its employ; |
| (d) | purchase or sell, or acquire or dispose of in any other manner, or hire or let or hypothecate any movable or immovable property; |
| (e) | appoint committees consisting of members of the board and any other persons and, subject to such conditions as the board may deem fit, delegate or assign to any such committee such of its powers or duties as it may deem fit; |
| (f) | establish a reserve fund which shall not exceed an amount approved by the Minister from time to time, for such purposes as, with due regard to section 18(7), it may deem fit; |
| (g) | negotiate with shipowners or other persons and enter into contracts with them with regard to the export of perishable products from the Republic; |
| (h) | carry out or cause to be carried out research in connection with perishable products, finance it or contribute financially thereto and obtain the results of any research in connection with perishable products, |
and do all such other things as are necessary or incidental to the performance of its functions or duties.
