Section 7, The West African Institute for Oil Palm Research Ordinance, 1951

(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 moveable or immoveable property and sell, mortgage, lease, transfer or otherwise deal with such property; Cap. 231. Cap. 231. Duties of {c) borrow at interest, on the security of any corporate land or 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) delegate to the Director all or any part of the duties imposed upon the Committee by that portion of paragraph {e) of section 8 of this Ordinance which relates to the appointment of servants of the Institute; (f) appoint a sub-committee or sub-committees for the purpose of inquiring into and reporting to the Committee on any matter concerned with the functions of the Committee. (2) The Committee or a sub-committee may at any time appoint and terminate the appointment of any person to assist in the deliberations of the Committee or sub-committee but no such person shall be or be deemed to be, a member of the Committee or sub-committee, as the case may be. (3) (a) The Committee at any time, with the approval of the Governor, may require to contribute to the scheme established by the Widows' and Orphans' Pension Ordinance any servant of the Institute or of the Committee, being a person who if he were in the service of the Government of Nigeria 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 Widows' and Orphans' Pension 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 Nigeria, and every such person so contributing shall be deemed 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.