The Gujarat Warehouses Act, 2006

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    "slug": "gujarat-warehouses-act-2006",
    "title": "The Gujarat Warehouses Act, 2006",
    "short_title": "The Gujarat Warehouses Act, 2006",
    "act_number": "Gujarat Act No. 15 of 2006",
    "act_year": 2006,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Gujarat",
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    "enactment_date": null,
    "description": "The Gujarat Warehouses Act, 2006",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title and extent.",
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            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Definitions.",
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            "content": "(a) \"co-operative society\" means a society registered or deemed to be registered under the provisions of the Gujarat Co-operative Societies Act, 1961 (Gujarat X of 1962) or any corresponding law in force in any part of the State of Gujarat;\n(b) \"depositor\" means a person who deposits goods with a warehouseman for storing in his warehouse, and includes any person who lawfully holds the receipt issued by the warehouseman in respect of the goods and derives title thereto by endorsement or transfer from the depositor or his lawful transferee;\n(c) \"goods\" means any of the articles specified in the Schedule appended to this Act;\n(d) \"licence\" means a licence granted under section 4, or renewed under section 6;\n(e) \"person\" includes a firm and any company or association or body of individuals, whether incorporated or not;\n(f) \"prescribed\" means prescribed by rules;\n(g) \"prescribed authority\" means the authority empowered by the State Government to carry out the duties under this Act;\n(h) \"receipt\" means a warehouse receipt, issued in the prescribed form, by a warehouseman to a depositor depositing goods in a warehouse;\n(i) \"rules\" means rules made or deemed to have been made under this Act;\n(j) \"warehouse\" means any building, structure or other protected enclosure which is used 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;\n(k) \"warehouseman\" means a person who has obtained a licence under this Act for the purpose of carrying on his business of warehousing.\nChapter II\nLicensing of Business of Warehousing",
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            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Prohibition of carrying on business of warehousing without license.",
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            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Application for and grant of licence.",
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            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Terms and conditions for grant of licence.",
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            "content": "(a) that the warehouses in which it is proposed to store goods are suitable for storing the particular goods, or the class or classes of goods which it is intended to store therein;\n(b) that the applicant is competent to conduct such warehouses;\n(c) that the applicant furnishes to the prescribed authority such security, in such manner, as may be prescribed:\n(d) that the applicant fulfils other conditions which the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify in this behalf; and\n(e) that there is no other cause or reason for which the applicant may, in the opinion of the prescribed authority, be deemed to be disqualified for a licence.",
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            "number": "4",
            "title": "6. Duration and renewal of licence granted under section 4.",
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            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Notice of refusal to grant or renew licence.",
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            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Licence when to be revoked.",
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            "content": "(a) has applied to be adjudicated, or has been adjudicated an insolvent; or\n(b) has parted in whole or in part with his control over the warehouses in respect of which he is licensed; or\n(c) has ceased to conduct such warehouses; or\n(d) has made unreasonable charges for services rendered by him; or\n(e) has in any manner become incompetent to conduct the business of a warehouseman; or\n(f) has contravened any of the terms or conditions of the licence or any of the provisions of this Act or the rules made thereunder, or any other conditions which the State Government has, by notification in the Official Gazette , specified under section 5.",
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            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Notice to be given before revocation of licence, and suspension of licence.",
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        {
            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Appeal and revision.",
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        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Return of licence.",
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            "number": "12",
            "title": "12. Duplicate licence.",
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            "content": "Chapter III\nDuties of A Warehouseman",
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        {
            "number": "13",
            "title": "13. Reasonable care of goods stored.",
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        {
            "number": "14",
            "title": "14. Precautions against damage or injury to goods.",
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        {
            "number": "15",
            "title": "15. Preservation of identity of goods.",
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        {
            "number": "16",
            "title": "16. Goods deteriorating in warehouse and their disposal.",
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        {
            "number": "17",
            "title": "17. Delivery of goods.",
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        {
            "number": "18",
            "title": "18. Warehouseman not entitled to excess nor responsible for shortage of goods.",
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        {
            "number": "19",
            "title": "19. Accounts, books, etc. to be maintained by warehouse man.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "20",
            "title": "20. Insurance of goods in warehouses.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "21",
            "title": "21. Discrimination prohibited.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "22",
            "title": "22. Warehouseman, other than co-operative society, etc. not to lend money against goods in warehouses.",
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            "content": "Chapter IV\nInspection and Grading of Goods",
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        },
        {
            "number": "23",
            "title": "23. Inspection.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "24",
            "title": "24. Licensed weighers, samplers and graders.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "24",
            "title": "25. Duration and renewal of licence granted under section 24.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "26",
            "title": "26. Suspension of revocation of licence.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "27",
            "title": "27. Return of Licenses.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "28",
            "title": "28. Prohibition of unlicensed weighers, samplers and graders.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "29",
            "title": "29. Duplicate licence.",
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            "sort_order": 28
        },
        {
            "number": "30",
            "title": "30. Facilities, weighing, sampling and grading.",
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            "content": "Chapter V\nWarehouse Receipts",
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            "sort_order": 29
        },
        {
            "number": "31",
            "title": "31. Issue of receipt.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "32",
            "title": "32. Receipt transferable by endorsement.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "33",
            "title": "33. Duplicate receipt.",
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            "content": "Chapter VI\nMiscellaneous",
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        },
        {
            "number": "34",
            "title": "34. Security amount to be forfeited and recovered as arrears of land revenue.",
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            "sort_order": 33
        },
        {
            "number": "35",
            "title": "35. Penalty.",
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            "content": "(a) in the case of a contravention of the provisions of section 3 or 22, with simple imprisonment which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both;\n(b) in any other case with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees.\n(a) \"company\" means any body corporate and includes a firm or other association of individuals; and\n(b) \" director\" in relation to a firm means a partner in the firm.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "36",
            "title": "36. No compensation for suspension or cancellation of licence.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "37",
            "title": "37. Contracts and agreements inconsistent with Act to be void.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "38",
            "title": "38. Power of State Government to delegate its powers.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "39",
            "title": "39. Power of State Government to amend Schedule.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "40",
            "title": "40. Power of State Government to exempt warehouses.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "41",
            "title": "41. Power to make rules.",
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            "content": "(i) the Authority empowered to carry out the duties under this Act;\n(ii) the form of receipt under clause (h) of section 2;\n(iii) the form of application and the fee for taking out a licence under section 4, for its renewal under section 6 and for the issue of duplicate licence under section 12;\n(iv) the terms and conditions of a licence in accordance with which the business of a warehouseman shall be conducted under section 3 and the period for which the licence shall be valid under section 6;\n(v) the amount of security and the manner of furnishing the same (including the form of bond) under clause (c) of section 5;\n(vi) the conditions on or under which a duplicate of a licence may be issued;\n(vii) the conditions (including disinfection of warehouses and the goods stored therein) which a warehouseman shall fulfil under sub-section (1) of section 14;\n(viii) the books, accounts and records to be kept and maintained under section 19;\n(ix) the manner in which goods deposited in a warehouse shall be insured under sub-section (1) of section 20;\n(x) the rates at which charges for insurance shall be recoverable under subsection (2) of section 20;\n(xi) the concessions which may be granted by a warehouseman to a cooperative society under section 21;\n(xii) the qualifications of, and grant of licences to weighers, samplers and graders, the form of application for licences, the fee payable in respect of them, and the period for which the licences may be granted to them, the form of certificates to be issued by them, the renewal of their licences, the conditions on which duplicate licences may be issued, and the conditions under which the licences may be suspended or revoked for the purposes of sections 24, 25, 26 and 29;\n(xiii) the form for the issue of a receipt under section 31 and the fee to be paid for the issue of a duplicate receipt and the conditions under which the duplicate receipt may be issued under section 33;\n(xiv) the publication of the grant, suspension and revocation of licences and the list of warehouseman and their warehouses;\n(xv) the charges to be made by a warehouseman for storing goods in his warehouses;\n(xvi) the manner of giving notices under this Act;\n(xvii) the manner of conducting a public auction for the sale of goods deteriorating or which are about to deteriorate in a warehouse and accounting for the proceeds of such sale by a warehouseman;\n(xviii) the classification of goods stored by a warehouseman;\n(xix) the standard weights, measures and gradation of goods, to be used in a warehouse;\n(xx) the procedure to be followed in proceedings before the Board of Arbitrators and the mode of executing their awards;\n(xxi) generally for the efficient conduct of the business of a warehouseman;\n(xxii) any other matter which is to be, or may be, prescribed.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 40
        },
        {
            "number": "42",
            "title": "42. Repeal and savings.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 41
        },
        {
            "number": "43",
            "title": "43. Act not to apply to warehouses under Customs Act, 1962, etc.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Schedule\n[ See Section 2(C)]\n[ See Section 2(C)]",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 42
        },
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Fibres. -",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(1) Cotton (ginned and unginned).\n(2) Raw Jute.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 43
        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Food-stuffs including edible oils.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 44
        },
        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Oil-seeds.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 45
        },
        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Tobacco.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 46
        },
        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Gul.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 47
        },
        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Vegetable oils.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 48
        },
        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Cattle-fodder including oil-cakes and other concentrates.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 49
        },
        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Seeds.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Manures.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Fertilizers.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Agricultural implements.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "guj221",
        "Act Number": "Gujarat Act No. 15 of 2006",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "2006",
        "Short Title": "The Gujarat Warehouses Act, 2006",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Gujarat"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:52:50"
}