Act Number: 37

Act Name: The Warehousing (Development and Regulation) Act, 2007

Year: 2007

Enactment Date: 2007-09-19

Long Title: An Act to make provisions for the development and regulation of warehouses, negotiability of warehouse receipts, establishment of a Warehousing Development and Regulatory Authority and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

Department: Department of Food and Public Distribution

Section 40: Powers of Central Government to issue directions.
    (1) Without prejudice to the foregoing provisions of this Act, the Authority shall, in exercise of its powers and performance of its functions under this Act, be bound by such directions on questions of policy, other than those relating to technical and administrative matters, as the Central Government may give in writing to it from time to time:
     Provided that the Authority shall, as far as practicable, be given an opportunity to express its views before any direction is given under this sub-section.
     (2) The decision of the Central Government, whether a question is one of policy or not, shall be final.
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