(1) Every licensee shall, in the absence of reasonable excuse, without unnecessary delay, deliver the agricultural produce stored in his cold storage to the hirer on demand made by him and on surrender of the cold storage receipt duly discharged and payment of all charges due to the licensee.
(2) Subject to any agreement between the licensee and the hirer, the hirer may take delivery of part of the agricultural produce stored in a cold storage.
Disposal of agricub, tural produce deteriorating in the cold storage.
Liability of licensee for shortage or excols in agricultural produce stored.
Delivery of agricultural producc Insurance of agricultural produce in cold storages.
Discrimination prohibited.
Accounts, etc., to be maintained.
Submission of returns.
Licensee to comply with directions.
6 The West Bengal Cold Storage (Licensing and Regulation) Act, 1966.
[West Ben. Act (Chapter IV.—Duties of the License.—Sections. 15-19— Chapter V .—Miscellaneous.—Section 20.)
15. Agricultural produce stored in a cold storage shall, if so required by the rules, be insured by the licensee against loss or damage by fire, theft, riot, civil commotion or such other cause as may be prescribed.
16. Save as provided in sub-section (2) of section 10, no licensee, in the conduct of his business, shall refuse to accept for storing in his cold storage, agricultural produce tendered by any person when there i-s accommodation in his cold storage for storing such agricultural produce.
17. A licensee shall maintain such accounts, books and records and in such form and manner as may be prescribed.
18. Every licensee shall submit to the Licensing Officer a return in duplicate in such form and in such manner as may be prescribed, in respect of each class of agricultural produce stored by him or by his hirers during the period of three months immediately preceding the month in which the return is submitted.
19. Every licensee shall be bound to comply with such direction or order as may be issued to him by the Licensing) Officer under this Act and any failure to comply with such direction or order within the period of thirty days shall be deemed to be contravention by the licensee of the provisions of this Act.
CHAPTER V.
Miscellaneous.
Powers 20. The Licensing Officer may with a view to securing of the compliance with this Act— Licensing Officer. (a) require any licensee to give any information which may be required by the Licensing Officer with respect to the cold storage run by the licensee,
(b) enter upon and inspect the premises, books and other relevant documents of any licensee at any time with a view to satisfying himself that the requirements of this Act are. being complied with, collect, on payment, samples of agricultural produce stored in any cold storage and get them analysed at any Laboratory selected for the purpose, and
(d) prohibit by an order in writing further storage or disposal of any agricultural produce in respect of which he has reason to believe that any contraention of this Act has taken place.
(o) The West Bengal Cold Storage (Licensing and Regulation) 7 Act, 1966.
VI of 1966.]
(Chapter V.—Miscellaneous.—Sections 21-24.)