The Warehousing Corporations (Supplementary) Act, 1965
# THE WAREHOUSING CORPORATIONS (SUPPLEMENTARY) ACT, 1965

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 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
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 SECTIONS

1. Short title, application and commencement.
2. Application of the Act with respect to notified commodities.

THE SCHEDULE.

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# THE WAREHOUSING CORPORATIONS (SUPPLEMENTARY) ACT, 1965

 ACT NO. 20 OF 1965

[22nd September, 1965.]

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

WHEREAS, in pursuance of clause (1) of article 252 of the Constitution, resolutions have been

passed by the Legislatures of certain State to the effect that storage of commodities other than those
covered by the Warehousing Corporations Act, 1962 (58 of 1962), in warehouses run by the
corporations established under that Act, shall be regulated in those States by Parliament by law.

AND WHEREAS, in consequence thereof it is necessary to supplement the provisions of the said

Warehousing Corporations Act for the purposes hereinafter appearing;

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Sixteenth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—

**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[1], as the Central Government may, by notification in the

Official Gazette, appoint.

**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.

1. 27th November, 1965, _vide notification No. G.S.R. 1713, dated 17th, Nevember, 1965,_ _see Gazette of India, Part II,_

sec. 3(i).

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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.]

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

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