In this Act, unkss the context otherwise requires,- {a) "co-operative society'' means a society registered or deemed to be registered under the Travancore-Cochin Co-opera tive Societies Act, 1951, or the Madras Co-operative Societies Act, 1932, which is engaged m any of the achvibes specified in sub-section (1) of section 9 of the Agr .. cultural Pro-iuce (Deve lopment and Warehousing) CorporatiOns Act, 1956 (28 of 1956);
(b) "depositor" means a person who tenders his goods to the warehouc;eman forst ·rmg m his warehouse, and includes any person who lawfully holds the rece1pt issued by the ware housem;:m in respect of such ·goods and de6ve~ title thereto by a proper endorsement or transfer thereof to h1m by the deposi tor or the depositor•s lawful transferee;
(e) '•goods'' means any of the articles specified in the c;chedule;
(d) "licensed warehouse" means a warehouse licensed under this Act ;
(e) "prescnbed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
{f) "prescribed authority•• means, in relation to any pro vision of this Act, the authonty prescnbed to carry out such proviswn;
(g) "receipt'' means a receipt m the prescribed form issued by a warehouseman to a person depoMtmg goods in the warehouse;
(h) "rules" means rules made by the Government under this Act;
(i) ''warehouse" means any building, structure or other protected enclosure which IS or may be nsed for the purpose of storing goods on behalf of depositors, but does not mclude cloak rooms attached to hotels railway stations, the premises of other pubhc earners, and the like;
(j) '·war houseman" means a person who has obtained a licence under this Act xn respect of his warehouse.
CHAPTER II.
Licensing of warehouaeo