(1) The Warehouse Authority may cancel any license granted under section 5 or renewed under section 6,—
(a) if the licensee has applied to be adjudicated or has been adjudicated, an insolvent; or
(b) if the licensee has substantially parted with his ownership of, or control over, the warehouse or has ceased to conduct the same; or if the charges in respect of any goods stored with the licensee or of any services in connection with such goods are, in the opinion of the Warehouse Authority, excessive or unreasonable; cr
(d) if the licensee has contravened or failed to comply with any of the provisions of this Act or the rules - made thereunder or of any terms and. conditions prescribed for the license.
(2) Before passing an order under sub-section (1), the Warehouse Authority shall intimate to the licensee -the grounds on which it is proposed to cancel the license and give him a reasonable opportunity of showing cause.
(3) In cases coming under clauses (c) and (d) of subsection (1), the Warehouse Authority, instead of proceeding Witter sub-section (1) or sub-section (2), may issue a warning to the licensee.
(4) Where a license is cancelled by the Warehouse Authority it shall make an entry to that effect in the records of its office. It shall further publish a notice of such cancellation in the prescribed manner and the warehouseman shall be bound prominently to display a copy of such notice in front of the warehouse.
8. Where a license expires or the renewal of a license is refused or where a license is cancelled, the licensee shall nevertheless continue to be liable for the goods already deposited with him and shall be bound by the terms and conditions of any warehouse receipts already issued in respect of any goods:
Provided that the Warehouse Authority may, on the application of the depositor, require the warehouseman to transfer any goods deposited with him to another licensed warehouse chosen by the depositor on payment of the outstanding ehargtes due to the warehouseman.
CHAPTER III.
Duties of Warehouseman.
9. Every warehouseman shall take such care of the goods deposited in his warehouse as a man of ordinary prudence would take care of his own goods under similar circumstances and shall provide the depositors concerned with all reasonable facilities for inspection of the goods deposited, in such manner as may be prescribed by the Warehouse Authority.
(a) Due mainte• nance of warehouses.
Preservation of identity of goods.
Goods deteriorating in warehouse and their disposal.
Liability of warehouseman for shortage or excess in goods stored.
4 The West Bengal Warehouses Adt, 1963.
[West Ben. Act (Chapter 111.—Duties of Warehouseman.—Sections 10-13.)