(1) Applications for license shall be made in the prescribed manner to the Warehouse Authority having jurisdiction over the area within which the warehouse is situated.
(2) Before granting a license, the Warehouse Authority shall satisfy itself—
(a) that the warehouse is suitable for the storage of the class or classes of goods in respect of which the license has been applied for;
that the applicant has paid the fee prescribed for the license;
that there is no good and sufficient reason for refusing the license.
(3) Every license granted under this Act shall be in such form and. shall be subject to such terms and conditions as may be prescribed.
(4) If the Warehouse Authority refuses to grant or renew a license, it shall record the grounds for refusal in its order and shall in particular, in cases coming under clause (c) of sub-section (2), state specifically the reason for refusal.
6. Every license granted under section 5 shall be valid for the prescribed period, and may, on application and on payment of the fee prescribed for renewal, be, renewed from time to time by the Warehouse Authority provided that the requirements referred to in clauses (a) and (c) of sub-section
(2) of section 5 continue to be satisfied.
Appointmerit of Warehouse Authorities.
Grant of license.
lation of license, Safe.
guarding the interest of deposi• tors in ease of expiry of or refusal to renew a license or cancel.
lation of a license.
Reasonable care of the goods deposited.
The West Bengal Warehouses Ao,. 1963. 3 XLI of 19634 (Chapter 11.—Licensing of Warehouses.—Sections 7, 8.— Chapter 111.—Duties of Warehouseman.—Section 9.)