Warehouse Receipts Act, 2017 (Act No. 3 of 2018). Pays/Territoire Malawi Type du document Législation Date 2018 Source FAO, FAOLEX Titre completAn Act to provide for warehouse receipts and warehousing; the negotiation and transfer of warehouse receipts and for matters connected thereto. Sujet Agriculture et développement rural, Alimentation et nutrition Mot clé Produits agricoles Royalties/redevances Autorisation/permis Certification Transformation/manutention Transport/dépôt Responsabilité/indemnisation Emballage/étiquetage Traçabilité/traçage du produit Contrôle de qualité alimentaire/innocuité des produits alimentaires Aire géographique Afrique, Afrique Orientale, Nations en développement sans littoral, Pays les moins avances Résumé The Act establishes that any warehouse operator or person authorized to act as such issuance of may issue a warehouse receipt. A warehouse receipt may be issued in any format but some minimal information must be provided, these include: a statement of the location of the warehouse; the date of issue of the receipt; the unique identification code; a statement whether the goods received will be delivered; the rate of storage and handling charges; a description of the goods or the packages containing them; etc. Part III concerns duties and obligations of warehouse operator. Under the Act "goods” means all things that are treated as movable or personal property for the purposes of a contract for storage or transportation. Texte intégral Anglais Site web malawilii.org