Section 1: In this Act, unless a contrary intention appears—

"the Council" means the Sierra Leone Export Promotion Council established by section 2; "goods" means agricultural produce or manufactured products; "manufacture" means the commercial transformation of raw materials into finished products but does not include mining or recovering of minerals and "manufactured" shall have a corresponding meaning; "the Minister" means the Minister for the time being charged with responsibility for matters relating to trade and industry; "specification" means a description of any goods by reference to its nature, quality, strength, purity, composition, quantity, dimensions, weight, grade, durability, origin or other characteristics or material with which goods may be manufactured, produced, processed or treated; "Standardization Mark" includes any device, brand, heading, label, ticket, pictorial representation, name, signature, work, letter, numeral or any combination thereof; "Secretariat" means the Export Promotion Secretariat set up in accordance with the provisions of subsection (1) of section 16. PART II—ESTABLISHMENT AND CONSTITUTION OF THE EXPORT PROMOTION COUNCIL [Margin: Establishment of Export Promotion Council.]