law: The Warehousing (Development and Regulation) Act, 2007
  Chapter IV Warehouse
  
  Receipts
  11. Warehouse
  
  receipts. -
  1.  A
  
  warehouse receipt, which may be either in writing or in electronic form, shall
  
  be a document of title to goods in writing if it contains all the following
  
  particulars, namely:-
  a.   receipt number;
  b.   warehouse
  
  registration number and date up to which it is valid;
  c.   name of the warehouse
  
  and its complete postal address;
  d.   name and address of
  
  the person by whom or on whose behalf the goods are deposited;
  e.   date of issue of the
  
  warehouse receipt;
  f.   statement that the
  
  goods received shall be delivered to the holder thereof, or that the goods
  
  shall be delivered to the order of a named person;
  g.   rates of storage
  
  charges and handling charges;
  h.   description of the
  
  goods or of the packages containing them with particulars of quantity and
  
  quality or grade;
  i.   market value of the
  
  goods at the time of deposit;
  j.   private marks of
  
  depositor on the goods or packages, if any, except in the case of fungible
  
  goods;
  k.   name of the insurance
  
  company indemnifying for fire, flood, theft, burglary, misappropriation, riots,
  
  strikes or terrorism;
  l.   whether the warehouse
  
  receipt is negotiable or non-negotiable;
  m.   statement of the
  
  amount of any advance made and of any liability incurred for which the
  
  warehouseman claims his lien;
  n.   date and signature of
  
  the warehouseman or his authorised agent;
  o.   declared shelf-life
  
  of goods;
  p.   the fact that the
  
  warehouseman holds the lien on the goods deposited for his storage and handling
  
  charges; and(q) that the receipt would be valid only till the date of expiry of
  
  declared shelf- life of the goods for which it is issued.
  1.  
  2.  
  
    In
  
  case a warehouseman wilfully omits from a negotiable warehouse receipt any of
  
  the particulars set out in sub-section (1), he shall be liable for damages
  
  caused by such omission.
  3.  No
  
  warehouse receipt shall, by reason of the omission only of any of the
  
  particulars set-forth in sub-section (1), be deemed to be invalid for the
  
  purpose of settlement of disputes or claims.
  4.    Authority
  
  may, with the prior approval of the Central Government, add, delete or modify
  
  any particulars as specified in sub-clause (1) for all or any commodity or
  
  class of commodities or for any class of warehouses.