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In force Central Act No. 20 of 1965

The Warehousing Corporations (Supplementary) Act, 1965

An Act to supplement the provisions of the Warehousing Corporations Act, 1962.

Enacted
22 September 1965
Ministry
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Sections
2
Text retrieved
15 September 2026
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1. Short title, application and commencement

(1)

This Act may be called the Warehousing Corporations (Supplementary) Act, 1965.

(2)

It shall apply to the State specified in the Schedule:

Provided that the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, add the name of any other State to the Schedule in respect whereof resolutions have been passed by the Legislatures of those States adopting this Act under clause (1) of article 252 of the Constitution in respect of the storage of commodities other than those covered by the Warehousing Corporations Act, 1962 (58 of 1962), and on the issue of any such notification the States so added shall be deem to be States specified in the Schedule within the meaning of this sub-section.

(3)

It shall come into force on such date , as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

Amendment notes (1)
  1. . 27th November, 1965, vide notification No. G.S.R. 1713, dated 17th, Nevember, 1965, see Gazette of India, Part II, sec. 3(i).

2. Application of the Act with respect to notified commodities

The Warehousing Corporations Act, 1962 (58 of 1962), shall, in its application to the States for the time being specified in the Schedule, have effect as if in clause (e) of section 2 of that Act the words and figures "being a commodity with respect to which Parliament has power to make laws by virtue of entry 33 in List III in the Seventh Schedule to Constitution" had been omitted.

The Schedule

[See section 1(2)]

1. Andhra Pradesh.

1[2.

2[Assam, as it existed immediately before the 21st January, 1972.]]

3[3.] Gujarat.

4[3A. Haryana.]

3[4.] Kerala.

3[5.]

5[Tamil Nadu.]

6[5A. Maharashtra.]

7[5B. Meghalaya.]

3[6.]

8[Karnataka.]

9[7. Orissa.]

10[8.]

11[Punjab, as it existed immediately before the 1st day of November, 1966.]

10[9.] Rajasthan.

10[10.] Uttar Pradesh.

10[11.] West Bengal.]

Amendment notes (11)
  1. 1Ins. by G.S.R. 1283, dated 17-8-1967.
  2. 2Subs. by the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) (Adaptation of Laws on Union Subjects) Order, 1974.
  3. 3“2” to “5” re-numbered as “3” to “6” by G.S.R. 1283, dated 17-8-1967.
  4. 4Ins. by G.S.R. 1003, dated 31-7-1978.
  5. 5Subs. by the Madras State (Alteration of Name) Adaptation of Laws on Union Subjects) Order, 1970.
  6. 6Ins. by G.S.R. 1019, dated 31-5-1971.
  7. 7Ins. by G.S.R. 1200, dated 20-9-1978.
  8. 8Subs. by the Mysore State (Alteration of Name) (Adaptation of Laws on Union Subjects) Order, 1974.
  9. 9Ins. by G.S.R. 1008, dated 21-5-1968.
  10. 10“6” to “9” re-numbered as “8” to “11”, ibid.
  11. 11Subs. by the Punjab Reorganisation and Delhi High Court (Adaptation of Laws on Union Subjects) Order, 1968.