Definitions

In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,- (a) "Co-operative Society" means a society registered or deemed to be registered under the Orissa Co-operative Societies Act, 1951; (b) "depositor" means a person who tenders his goods to the warehouseman for storing in his warehouse and includes any person who lawfully holds the receipt issued by the warehouseman in respect of such goods and derives title thereto by a proper endorsement or transfer thereof to him by the depositor or the depositors lawful transferee; (c) "goods" means any of the articles specified in the Schedule to this Act : Provided that the State Government may, by notification add, to or omit any article from the Schedule; (d) "Government" means the State Government; (e) "licensed warehouse" means a warehouse licensed under this Act ; (f) "Person" shall include any company or association or body corporate ; (g) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act ; (h) "receipt" means a warehouse receipt in the prescribed form issued by a warehouseman to a person depositing goods in the warehouse; (i) "warehouse" means any building, structure or other protected enclosure which is or may be used for the purpose of storing goods on behalf of depositors but does not include cloak rooms attached to hotels, railway stations, the premises of other public carriers and the like ; (j) "warehouseman" means a person, who has obtained licence under this Act in respect of his warehouse.