Act Info:
Preamble1 - WAREHOUSING (DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION) ACT, 2007
Chapter I Section1 - Short title, extent and commencement
Section2 - Definitions
Chapter II Section3 - Requirement of registration for warehouses issuing negotiable warehouse receipts
Section4 - Registration of warehouses
Section5 - Registration of accreditation agencies
Chapter III Section6 - Liabilities of warehousemen
Section7 - Duties of warehousemen
Section8 - Duties of warehouseman to keep records and account of warehouse business
Section9 - Special powers of warehouseman to deal with perishable and hazardous goods
Section10 - Lien of warehouseman on good
Chapter IV Section11 - Warehouse receipts
Section12 - Negotiability of warehouse receipts
Section13 - Negotiation of warehouse receipt by delivery
Section14 - Transfer of negotiable warehouse receipts without endorsement
Section15 - Warranties on negotiation of warehouse receipt
Section16 - Non-liability of the endorser
Section17 - Negotiation of warehouse receipt not impaired by fraud, mistake or duress
Section18 - Subsequent negotiation of warehouse receipts
Section19 - Delivery of goods to be made after due charges are paid
Section20 - Transfer of non-negotiable receipts
Section21 - Conclusiveness of negotiable warehouse receipt
Section22 - Presumption in certain cases
Section23 - Issue of duplicate receipt
Chapter V Section24 - Establishment and incorporation of Authority
Section25 - Composition of Authority
Section26 - Tenure of office of Chairperson and other members
Section27 - Removal from office
Section28 - Salary, allowances and other terms and conditions of Chairpersons and other members
Section29 - Bar on future employment of members
Section30 - Chairperson to be the chief executive of Authority
Section31 - Meetings of Authority
Section32 - Vacancies, etc., not to invalidate proceedings of Authority
Section33 - Officers and employees of Authority
Section34 - Warehousing Advisory Committee
Chapter VI Section35 - Powers and functions of Authority
Chapter VII Section36 - Grants by Central Government
Section37 - Constitution of fund
Section38 - Accounts and audit
Section39 - Furnishing of returns, Annual Report, etc., to Central Government
Chapter VIII Section40 - Powers of Central Government to issue directions
Section41 - Power of Central Government to supersede Authority
Chapter IX Section42 - Appeals to Appellate Authority
Chapter X Section43 - Offences and penalties
Section44 - Offences by companies
Section45 - Cognizance of offences by courts
Chapter XI Section46 - Chairperson, member, officers and other employees of Authority to be public servants
Section47 - Protection of action taken in good faith
Section48 - Delegation of powers
Section49 - Exemption from tax on wealth and income
Section50 - Power of Central Government to make rules
Section51 - Power of Authority to make regulations
Section52 - Rules and regulations to be laid before parliament
Section53 - Act to have overriding effect
Section54 - Powers to remove difficulties
Section55 - Amendment of Act 2 of 1899