Section 7

charge such amounts as the Board may from time to time determine for the use of facilities or services provided by the Board;

receive donations, grants, gifts and contributions from any source and raise funds by all lawful means;

publish works concerning productivity techniques;

co-ordinate all information concerning productivity techniques;

organise courses in furtherance of its objects and award certificates of proficiency to persons who attend courses organised by the Board;

conduct tests of proficiency on productivity techniques;

enter into contracts, and generally regulate all transactions which the Board may enter into;

with the approval of the Minister, acquire, purchase, lease, take hold and enjoy movable and immovable property of every description and sell, convey, assign, surrender and yield up, mortgage, demise, transfer or otherwise dispose of any movable or immovable property vested in the Board as the Board thinks fit;

become a member or affiliate of any international body the objects of which are similar to those of the Board and co-ordinate the handling of enquiries to and from that international body;

with the written approval of the Minister, form or participate in the formation of companies;

with the written approval of the Minister, enter into any joint ventures or arrangements for the purpose of sharing profits or otherwise for the purposes of this Act;

make or guarantee loans to persons employed by the Board for purposes specifically approved by the Board;

raise loans from the Government or, with the approval of the Minister, from any source;

carry out such functions as may, by any written law, be conferred on the Board; and

do such other acts as appear to the Board to be incidental or necessary to the discharge of its functions under this Act.