Section 1: Establishment of the Institute.

(1)
There shall be established an institute to be called and known as the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (in this Act referred to as "the Institute") to exercise the functions and powers and pursue the objectives assigned to it by this Act.
(2)
The Institute shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal which shall be kept in the custody of the chairman of the board of trustees or of the director if so authorised by the board.