Kerala Warehouses Act, 1960

No: 2 Dated: Jan, 29 1960

Kerala Warehouses Act, 1960

Act 2 of 1960

    An Act to provide for the regulation and licensing of warehouses in the State of Kerala.

    Whereas it is expedient to provide for the regulation and licensing of warehouses in the State of Kerala;

Be it enacted as follows:-

CHAPTER 1

Preliminary

1. Short title extend and commencement:- (1) This Act may be called the Kerala Warehouses Act, 1960.

(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Kerala.

(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Government may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.

2. Definitions:- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-

(a) "co-operative society" means a society registered or deemed to be registered under the Travancore-Cochin Co-operative Societies Act, 1951, or the Madras Co-operative Societies Act, 1932, which is engaged in any of the activities specified in sub-section (1) of section 9 of the Agricultural Produce (Development and Warehousing) Corporations Act, 1956 (28 of 1956);

(b) "depositor" means a person who tenders his goods to the warehouseman for storing in his warehouse, and includes any person who lawfully holds the receipt issued by the warehouse man in respect of such goods and derives title thereto by a proper endorsement or transfer thereof to him by the depositor or the depositor's lawful transferee;

(c) "goods" means any of the articles specified in the schedule;

(d) "licensed warehouse" means a warehouse licensed under this Act;

(e) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;

 (f) "prescribed authority" means, in relation to any provision of this Act, the authority prescribed to carry out such provision;

 (g) "receipt" means a receipt in the prescribed form issued by a warehouseman to a person depositing goods in the warehouse;

(h) "rules" means rules made by the Government under this Act;

 (i) "warehouse" means any building, structure or other protected enclosure which is or may be used for the purpose of storing goods on behalf of depositors, but does not include cloak rooms attached to hotels railway stations, the premises of other public carriers, and the like

(j) "warehouseman" means a person who has obtained a licence under this Act in respect of his warehouse.