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In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— Defini- (1) "co-operative society" means a society registered or tions. deemed to be - registered under the Bengal Co- operative Societies Act, 1940; (2) "depositor" means a person who has deposited any goods with a warehouseman in a licensed ware- house, and includes any lawful holder of a ware- house receipt issued by a warehouseman under section 22; "goods" mean any of the articles or commodities specified in the Schedule; "licensed warehouse" means a warehouse licensed under this Act; "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; "Prescribed Authority" means an authority appointed by the State Government, by noti- fication in the Offioial Gazette, for all or any of the purposes of this Act; "warehouse" means any building, structure or enclosure which is or is intended to be used for the purpose of storing articles or commodities on behalf of persons depositing them but does not include cloak rooms attached to hotels and railway stations or any premises where a public carrier keeps articles or commodities for carriage or delivery ; (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) West Bengal Act XLI of 1963 THE WEST BENGAL WAREHOUSES ACT, 1963. [Passed by the West Bengal Legislature.] [Assent of the President was first published in the Calcutta Gazette, Extraordinary, of the 15th May, 1964.] [15th May, 1964.] An Act to provide for the licensing of warehouses, the proper supervision and control of licensed warehouses and certain ether connected matters. It is hereby enacted in the Fourteenth Year of the Republic of India, by the Legislature of West Bengal, as follows : — - 8 of 1878 8 of 1896. 1 of 1944. Ben. Act XXI of