Container - Indian Laws - General

Container The expression `container has been thus defined in the dictionaries and Glossaries of Packaging Terms :- Container : One that contains; a receptacle or flexible covering for shipment of goods. Webster s new Collegiate Dictionary, 1975 Container : that which contains that in which goods are enclosed for transport. Chambers 20th Century Dictionary Containers - Any receptacle which holds, restrains or encloses any article or commodity or articles or commodities to be stored or transported. Indian Standard Glossary of Terms : I.S. 4261 - 1967 Containers . (1) In general, any receptacle or enclosure used in packaging and shipping. (2) Relatively large, reusable enclosures to be filled with smaller packages and discrete objects, to consolidate shipments and allow transport on railway flat cars, flatbed trailers, aircraft, in ships holds or as deckloads , etc. (See CARGO TRANSPORTER : CONTAINERIZATION). (3) Any receptacle for holding a product. Glossary of Packaging Terms (USA) Container . A large box for intermodal transport, containing many smaller boxes of different shapes and sizes as well as individual articles. G. CLARIDGE COMPANY LTD. VERSUS COLLECTOR OF CENTRAL EXCISE - 1991 (2) TMI 112 - SUPREME COURT