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 
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. 

those  covered  by 

than 

the  Warehousing  Corporations                          

(3) It shall come into force on such date1, 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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