Section 7, The West Mrican Cocoa Research Institute (Sierra Leone Status) Ordinance

(1) Subject to any directions, specific or general, of the Secretary of Powers of State, the Committee may- Committee. (a) enter into contracts and do all things necessary for, or incidental to, the purposes of this Ordinance; (b) acquire and hold movable or immovable property and sell, mortgage, lease, transfer or otherwise deal with such property; (c) borrow at interest, on the security of any corporate land or any funds of the Committee, such moneys as the Committee may from time to time think necessary or expedient for carrying into effect the provisions of this Ordinance; (d) from time to time invest the funds of the Committee in such manner and to such extent as the Committee may think necessary or expedient; (e) with the approval of the Secretary of State, delegate to the Director all or any of the duties imposed upon the Committee by that portion of paragraph (i) of section 8 of this Ordinance which relates to the appointment of servants of the Institute. (2) (a) The Committee may from time to time appoint from among its members such and so many sub-committees, either of a general or special nature and consisting of such number of persons as they shall think fit, for any purpose which the Committee may think would be better managed or regulated by means of such sub-committees, and where such power of appointment is exercised the Committee shall specify the duties and powers of the sub-committee appointed. (b) Every question which comes before any such sub-committee shall be decided by a majority of the votes of the members thereof. S.L.-VoL. IV-2* " .-. .' . 1950 Cap. 31. Duties of Meetings of Cap. 186] West African Cocoa Research Institute (3) The Committee may at any time appoint, and terminate the appointment of, any person to assist in the deliberations of the Committee, but no such person shall be, or shall be deemed to be, a member of the (4) (a) The Committee at any time, with the approval of the Governor, may require to contribute to the scheme established by the Pensions (Widow! and Orphans) Ordinance any servant of the Institute or of the Committee, being a person who if he were in the service of the Government of the Gold Coast would be deemed to be a " European officer " within the meaning of such Ordinance. (b) Where the Committee requires any person to contribute in accordance with paragraph (a) of this sub-section, the provisions of the Pensions (Widows and Orphans) Ordinance shall apply to such person in the same manner and to the same extent as if such person were in the service of the Government of the Gold Coast, and every such person so contributing shall be deemed to be a " European officer " within the meaning of such Ordinance. (c) "Servant of the Institute" means a person engaged by the Director in the exercise of his delegated powers for work in or in connection with the Institute.