PRELIMINARY

Definitions, Act XXVI of 1881

§2

Summary

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 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 ; 1[(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 ;] (d) "licensed" means a licence granted under section 4 or renewed under section 6 ; (e) "licensing authority" means the authority specified in the rules to perform the duties and exercise the powers of the licensing authority under this Act or the rules; (f) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (g) "receipt" means a warehouse receipt in the prescribed form issued by a warehouseman to a depositor showing that the goods described therein have been deposited in his warehouse; (h) "State Government" means the Government of Uttar Pradesh ; 2[(i) "warehouse" means any building, structure or other protected enclosure used for the purpose of warehousing ;] 3[(j) "warehouseman" means a person carrying on the business of warehousing and includes any person incharge of that business ;] 4[(jj) "warehousing" means the business of storing goods on behalf of depositors for preservation or safe custody; and] (k) "the holder in due course" shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881.

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 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 ; 1[(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 ;] (d) "licensed" means a licence granted under section 4 or renewed under section 6 ; (e) "licensing authority" means the authority specified in the rules to perform the duties and exercise the powers of the licensing authority under this Act or the rules; (f) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (g) "receipt" means a warehouse receipt in the prescribed form issued by a warehouseman to a depositor showing that the goods described therein have been deposited in his warehouse; (h) "State Government" means the Government of Uttar Pradesh ; 2[(i) "warehouse" means any building, structure or other protected enclosure used for the purpose of warehousing ;] 3[(j) "warehouseman" means a person carrying on the business of warehousing and includes any person incharge of that business ;] 4[(jj) "warehousing" means the business of storing goods on behalf of depositors for preservation or safe custody; and] (k) "the holder in due course" shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881.

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