No. 3 Warehouse Receipts 1

MALAWI GOVERNMENT

(Published 2nd February 2018)

Act

No. 3 of 2018

I assent

PROF. ARTHUR PETER MUTHARlKA
PRESIDENT
24th January, 2018

• · ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
SEC TIO
PART I-PRELIMINARY MA.lTERS
1. Citation and commencement
2. Interpretation
3. Application

PART II-ISSUANCE AND F oRM OF WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS
4. Issuance of a warehouse receipt
5. Format of a warehouse receipt
6. Form of a warehouse receipt
7. Control of an electronic warehouse receipt
8. Reissuance of a warehouse receipt in an alternative medium
9. Negotiable warehouse receipt
10. Non-negotiable warehouse receipt
11. Alteration of a warehouse receipt
12. Right of a purchaser of an altered warehouse receipt
13. Liability for non-receipt or misdescription of goods covered
by a warehouse receipt
14. Duplicate warehouse receipt and over-issue

PART Ill-RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF WAREHOUSE OPERATORS
15. Duty of care of a warehouse operator
16. Limitation of a warehouse operator's liability
17. Storage of goods