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Section 12: Reasonable · caTe of the goods dep?a,ted

The Kerala Warehouses Act, 1960 (President's Act No.2 of 1960)State Act of Kerala · Act 2 of 1960

Every ware­ houseman shal take such care of the goods deposited with him as a man of ordinary prudence would take of his own .goods under similar Circums:ances and conditions,

13. Precautions against damage or in;u.,·y 'Lo 'g,ods,_.(l) Every warehouseman shall keep his ·warehouse clean and free {rom damp. 'take all necessary precautions .agamst rats and other pests, and fulfil such other conditiOns as may be prescribed ...

(2) No warehouseman· shall accept.goods for depos1t which are likdy to cause damage to otner.)goods.whlch are, or may be, deposited in the warehouse.

14· PTeservation of idlmtity of goods.-Every wuehouseman shall kce11 the goods of one depositor separate from the goods of other depos1tors and from other goods of the same depO!:.ltor for which a separate receipt has been issued, in such a manner as to perm1L at aJ.l times of the 1dentl1icat10n and delivery of the goods deposited:

Provided that where standardised and graded goods a~e stored in a warehouse, then subject to any agreement between the warehow;eman and a depositor, the same variety of goods belonging to different depositors may be pooled together and each depositor shall be entitled only to his portion of the goods accordmg to weight or quantity, as the case may be, as shown in his rece1pt. '

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ActThe Kerala Warehouses Act, 1960 (President's Act No.2 of 1960)
Section12
Marginal noteReasonable · caTe of the goods dep?a,ted
JurisdictionState of Kerala
StatusIn force as published by the source

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