The Uttar Pradesh Warehouse Act, 1958

Preamble

THE UTTAR PRADESH WAREHOUSE ACT, 19581 [U.P. ACT III OF 1959] Amended by U. P. Act no. XII of 1964 [Passed in Hindi by the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council on July 30, 1958 and by the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly on September 8, 1958 with certain amendments which were approved by the U. P. Legislative Council on September 24, 1958. Received the assent of the President on February 10, 1959, under Article 201 of 'the Constitution of India', and was published in the Uttar Pradesh Gazette Extraordinary, dated February 19, 1959.] AN ACT to provide for the supervision and control of warehouses in Uttar Pradesh ; [Whereas it is expedient to encourage scientific and hygienic storage of goods in warehouses and to safeguard the interest of the depositors of such goods and to make provision for proper supervision and control of warehouses;]2 It is hereby enacted in the Ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows :- Short title, extent and commencement (1) This Act may be called the Uttar Pradesh Warehouse Act, 1958. (2) It extends to the whole of Uttar Pradesh. (3) This section shall come into force at once and the remaining provisions of this Act shall come into force on such date as the State Government may by notification in the official Gazette, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different areas of Uttar Pradesh. Definitions 2- In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context -- (a) "co-operative society" means a society registered or deemed to be registered under the Co-operative Societies Act, 1912 as amended from time to time ; (b) "depositor" means a person who tenders his goods to the warehouseman for storing in his warehouse and includes any person who is a holder in due course of the receipt issued by the warehouseman in respect of such goods and derives title thereto by a proper endorsement or transfer from the depositor or the depositor's lawful transferee; [(c) "goods" means agricultural produce as defined in clause (a) of section 2 of the Warehousing Corporations Act, 1962 and such other articles as may be prescribed ;]3 (d) "licensed" means a licence granted under section 4 or renewed under section 6;

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