(1) The Government may, by notification in the Gazette, constitute with effect from such date as may be specified therein, a Board by name "the Kerala Small Plantation Workers' Welfare Fund Board" for the administration of the Fund, to supervise and exercise the functions including the payment of financial assistance from the Fund.
(2) The Board shall be a body corporate by name aforesaid, having perpetual succession and a common seal and shall, in the said name, sue and be sued.
(3) The Board shall consist of fifteen Directors as may be nominated by the Government as hereinafter provided, namely:—
(i) five members representing the plantation workers;
(ii) five members representing the employers;
(iii) five members representing the Government.
(4) The Government may appoint one of the Directors of the Board to be the Chairperson.
(5) The Government shall publish in the Gazette, the names of the Chairperson and the Directors of the Board.
(6) The Board shall administer the Fund vested in it, in such manner as specified in the Scheme.
(7) The Board may, with the previous approval of the Government, delegate the powers and functions under this Act or the Scheme as it may consider necessary for the efficient administration of the Fund to the Chief Executive Officer, subject to such condition and restrictions as may be specified.