Section 19 in The Assam Bonded Warehouse Rules, 1965
19. Duties of the officer-in-charge on arrival of consignment.
- Immediately on arrival of a consignment at the warehouse, the officer-in-charge shall open the consignment and enter into the stock register after verifying the same with the passes covering the consignment. If any deficiency in excess of the quantity as allowed by Rule 141 of the rules for the Government warehouse is found to have occurred in any vessel after measurement by such method as may, from time to time, be prescribed by the Excise Commissioner, the whole contents of the vessel shall, if the licensee of the warehouse or his authorised representative so desires, forthwith be measured in metric measures and the quantity thus ascertained shall be accepted as correct. He shall then note the results in the prescribed registers and also on the pass covering the consignment. One copy of the pass with entires of receipt shall be immediately returned to the officer who issued the consignment, and the other copy with the entries thereon shall be kept in the warehouse.
