Section 6, **The Rice Corporation (Repeal) Act, 1980**

(1) For the purposes of section 5, but without prejudice to the generality thereof, the Produce Marketing Board may— (*a*) acquire, construct, manufacture, maintain or repair anything required for the purpose of this Act; (*b*) carry on the business of— (i) the purchase of husk and cleaned rice, (ii) the milling of parboiled or raw rice, (iii) the transportation and distribution of rice, (iv) the wholesale and retail sale of rice; (*c*) make and maintain such roads, culverts and bridges as it may deem necessary for the purposes of this Act; (*d*) determine and impose charges for any services performed by the Produce Marketing Board for the purposes of this Act; 26 No. 3 *Rice Corporation (Repeal)* 1980 (*e*) establish centres for the collection, purchase and storage of rice; (*f*) establish rice sales centres; (*g*) sell, let or otherwise dispose of any of its properties which appear to the Produce Marketing Board to be unnecessary for the purposes of this Act; (*h*) enter into agreements with any person— (i) for the supply, construction, manufacture, maintenance or repair by that person of any property, movable or immovable, necessary or desirable for the purposes of this Act; (ii) for the operation or the provision of any facilities which may be operated or provided by the Produce Marketing Board. (*i*) engage in any other lawful activity connected with rice subject to the approval of the Minister. [Margin: Cap. 229.] (2) The Produce Marketing Board shall exercise the powers and functions under this Act in addition to, and not in derogation of the powers and functions already vested in it under the Sierra Leone Produce Marketing Board Act. [Margin: Officers and servants of the Rice Corporation.]