West Bengal Warehouses Act, 1963
No: 41 Dated: May, 15 1964
THE WEST BENGAL WAREHOUSES ACT, 1963
West Bengal Act XLI of 1963
An Act to provide for the licensing of warehouses, the proper supervision and control of licensed warehouses and certain ether connected matters.
It is hereby enacted in the Fourteenth Year of the Republic of India, by the Legislature of West Bengal, as follows:—
CHAPTER I
Preliminary
1. Short title, extent, commencement and application:- (1) This Act may be called the West Bengal Warehouses Act, 1963.
(2) It extends to the whole of West Bengal.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
(4) It shall not apply to warehouses established under any other State law for the time being in force in this respect or under the Sea Customs Act, 1878, the Inland Bonded Warehouses Act, 1896 and the Central Excises and Salt Act, 1944.
2. Definitions:- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(1) "co-operative society" means a society registered or deemed to be - registered under the Bengal Cooperative Societies Act, 1940;
(2) "depositor" means a person who has deposited any goods with a warehouseman in a licensed warehouse, and includes any lawful holder of a warehouse receipt issued by a warehouseman under section 22;
(3) "goods" mean any of the articles or commodities specified in the Schedule;
(4) "licensed warehouse" means a warehouse licensed under this Act;
(5) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(6) "Prescribed Authority" means an authority appointed by the State Government, by notification in the Offioial Gazette, for all or any of the purposes of this Act;
(7) "warehouse" means any building, structure or enclosure which is or is intended to be used for the purpose of storing articles or commodities on behalf of persons depositing them but does not include cloak rooms attached to hotels and railway stations or any premises where a public carrier keeps articles or commodities for carriage or delivery ;
(8) "Warehouse Authority" means an authority referred to in section 4;
(9) "warehouseman", used in relation to a warehouse, means a person who holds a license under this Act in respect of the warehouse;
(10) "warehouse receipt" means a receipt issued by a warehouseman under section 22.
CHAPTER II
Licensing of Warehouses
3. Power to have warehouses licensed:- Any person may, subject to the provisions of this Act, have his warehouse licensed in respect of any class or classes of goods. Explanation.—Where a person has more than one warehouse, he shall obtain a separate license for each warehouse which he desires to be licensed under this - Act.
4. Appointmerit of Warehouse Authorities:- The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, from time to time appoint Warehouse Authorities with jurisdiction over such areas as may be specified in such notification.