The Warehousing (Development and Regulation) Act, 2007
12. Negotiability of
warehouse receipts. -
1. The
words in a negotiable warehouse receipt limiting its negotiability shall be
void.
2. A
warehouseman who issues a non-negotiable warehouse receipt shall cause to be
plainly marked upon its face the words "non-negotiable" or "not
negotiable" in English or in the language in which it is issued.
3. In
case of non-compliance of sub-section (2), a holder of the warehouse receipt
who purchases it for valuable consideration believing it to be a negotiable
warehouse receipt may, at his option, treat the receipt as vesting in him all
rights attaching to a negotiable warehouse receipt and imposing upon the
warehouseman the same liabilities which he would have incurred had the receipt
been a negotiable warehouse receipt and the warehouseman shall be liable
accordingly.
4. A
negotiable warehouse receipt shall be valid for delivery till the date of
expiry of the declared shelf-life of the goods for which it is issued.