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Short title | View Details |
| 10 |
"Payment in due course" | View Details |
| 10 |
Acceptance for honor | View Details |
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How acceptance for honor must be made | View Details |
| 100 | Protest | View Details |
| 101 | Contents of protest | View Details |
| 102 | Notice of protest | View Details |
| 103 | Protest for non-payment after dishonor by non-acceptance | View Details |
| 104 | Protest of foreign bills | View Details |
| 104A | When noting equivalent to protest | View Details |
| 105 | Reasonable time | View Details |
| 106 | Reasonable time of giving notice of dishonor | View Details |
| 107 | Reasonable time for transmitting such notice | View Details |
| 11 |
"Inland instrument" | View Details |
| 11 |
Acceptance not specifying for whose honor it is made | View Details |
| 11 |
Liability of acceptor for honor | View Details |
| 11 |
When acceptor for honor may be charged | View Details |
| 11 |
Payment for honor | View Details |
| 11 |
Right of payer for honor | View Details |
| 11 |
Drawee in case of need | View Details |
| 11 |
Acceptance and payment without protest | View Details |
| 11 |
Presumptions as to negotiable instruments Until the contrary is proved, the following presumption shall be made | View Details |
| 11 |
Presumption on proof of protest | View Details |
| 12 |
"Foreign instrument" | View Details |
| 12 |
Estoppel against denying original validity of instrument | View Details |
| 12 |
Estoppel against denying capacity of payee to endorse | View Details |
| 12 |
Estoppel against denying signature or capacity of prior party | View Details |
| 123 | Cheque crossed generally | View Details |
| 124 | Cheque crossed specially | View Details |
| 125 | Crossing after issue | View Details |
| 126 | Payment of cheque crossed generally | View Details |
| 127 | Payment of cheque crossed specially more than once | View Details |
| 128 | Payment in due course of crossed cheque | View Details |
| 129 | Payment of crossed cheque out of due course | View Details |
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"Negotiable instrument" | View Details |
| 13 |
Set of bills | View Details |
| 13 |
Holder of first acquired part entitled to all | View Details |
| 13 |
Presumption in favor of holder | View Details |
| 130 | Cheque bearing "not negotiable" | View Details |
| 131 | Non-liability of banker receiving payment of cheque | View Details |
| 131A | Application of chapter to drafts | View Details |
| 132 | Set of bills | View Details |
| 134 | Law governing liability of maker, acceptor or endorser of foreign instrument | View Details |
| 135 | Law of place of payment governs dishonor | View Details |
| 136 | Instrument made, etc. out of India, but in accordance with the law of India | View Details |
| 137 | Presumption as to foreign law | View Details |
| 138 | Dishonor of cheque for insufficiency, etc., of funds in the accounts | View Details |
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Offences by companies | View Details |
| 14 |
Cognizance of offences | View Details |
| 140 | Defense which may not be allowed in any prosecution under section 138 | View Details |
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Endorsement | View Details |
| 16 |
Endorsement "in blank" and "in full"-"endorsee" | View Details |
| 17 |
Ambiguous instruments | View Details |
| 18 |
Where amount is stated differently in figures and words | View Details |
| 19 |
Instruments payable on demand | View Details |
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Repeal of enactments | View Details |
| 20 |
Inchoate stamped instruments | View Details |
| 21 |
At sight, On presentment, After sight | View Details |
| 22 |
"Maturity" | View Details |
| 23 |
Calculating maturity of bill or note payable so many months after date or sight | View Details |
| 24 |
Calculating maturity of bill or note payable so many days after date or sight | View Details |
| 25 |
When day of maturity is a holiday | View Details |
| 26 | Capacity to make, etc., promissory notes, etc. | View Details |
| 27 | Agency | View Details |
| 28 | Liability of agent signing | View Details |
| 29 | Liability of legal representative signing | View Details |
| 3 |
Interpretation clause | View Details |
| 30 | Liability of drawer | View Details |
| 31 | Liability of drawee of cheque | View Details |
| 32 | Liability of maker of note and acceptor of bill | View Details |
| 33 | Only drawee can be acceptor except in need or for honor | View Details |
| 34 | Acceptance by several drawees not partners | View Details |
| 35 | Liability of endorser | View Details |
| 36 | Liability of prior parties to holder in due course | View Details |
| 37 | Maker, drawer and acceptor principals | View Details |
| 38 | Prior party a principal in respect of each subsequent party | View Details |
| 39 | Suretyship | View Details |
| 4 |
"Promissory note | View Details |
| 40 | Discharge of endorser's liability | View Details |
| 41 | Acceptor bound, although endorsement forged | View Details |
| 42 | Acceptance of bill drawn in fictitious name | View Details |
| 43 | Negotiable instrument made, etc. without consideration | View Details |
| 44 | Partial absence or failure of money-consideration | View Details |
| 45 | Partial failure of consideration not consisting of money | View Details |
| 45A | Holder's right to duplicate of lost bill | View Details |
| 46 |
Delivery | View Details |
| 47 |
Negotiation by delivery | View Details |
| 48 |
Negotiation by endorsement | View Details |
| 49 |
Conversion of endorsement in blank into endorsement in full | View Details |
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"Bill of exchange" | View Details |
| 50 |
Effect of endorsement | View Details |
| 51 |
Who may negotiate | View Details |
| 52 |
Endorser who excludes his own liability or makes it conditional | View Details |
| 53 |
Holder deriving title from holder in due course | View Details |
| 54 |
Instrument endorsed in blank | View Details |
| 55 |
Conversion of endorsement in blank into endorsement in full | View Details |
| 56 |
Endorsement for part of sum due | View Details |
| 57 |
Legal representative cannot by delivery only negotiate instrument endorsed by deceased | View Details |
| 58 | Instrument obtained by unlawful means or for unlawful consideration | View Details |
| 59 |
Instrument acquired after dishonor or when overdue | View Details |
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"Cheque" | View Details |
| 60 |
Instrument negotiable till payment or satisfaction | View Details |
| 61 | Presentment for acceptance | View Details |
| 62 | Presentment of promissory note for sight | View Details |
| 63 | Drawee's time for deliberation | View Details |
| 64 | Presentment for payment | View Details |
| 65 | Hours for presentment | View Details |
| 66 | Presentment for payment of instrument payable after date or sight | View Details |
| 67 | Presentment for payment of promissory note payable by installments | View Details |
| 68 | Presentment for payment of instrument payable at specified place and not elsewhere | View Details |
| 69 | Instrument payable at specified place | View Details |
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"Drawer", "drawee" | View Details |
| 70 | Presentment where no exclusive place specified | View Details |
| 71 | Presentment when maker, etc., has no known place of business or residence | View Details |
| 72 | Presentment of cheque to charge drawer | View Details |
| 73 | Presentment of cheque to charge any other person | View Details |
| 74 | Presentment of instrument payable at demand | View Details |
| 75 | Presentment by or to agent, representative of deceased, or assignee of insolvent | View Details |
| 76 | When presentment unnecessary | View Details |
| 77 | Liability of banker for negligently dealing with bill presented for payment | View Details |
| 78 |
To whom payment should be made | View Details |
| 79 |
Interest when rate specified | View Details |
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Holder | View Details |
| 80 |
Interest when no rate specified | View Details |
| 81 |
Delivery of instrument on payment or indemnity in case of loss | View Details |
| 82 | Discharge from liability | View Details |
| 83 | Discharge by allowing drawee more than forty-eight hours to accept | View Details |
| 84 | When cheque not duly presented and drawer damaged thereby | View Details |
| 85 | Cheque payable to order | View Details |
| 85A | Drafts drawn by one branch of a bank on another payable to order | View Details |
| 86 | Parties not consenting discharged by qualified or limited acceptance | View Details |
| 87 | Affect of material alteration | View Details |
| 88 | Acceptor or endorser bound notwithstanding previous alteration | View Details |
| 89 | Payment of instrument on which alteration is not apparent | View Details |
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"Holder in due course" | View Details |
| 90 | Extinguishment of rights of action on bill in acceptor's hands | View Details |
| 91 | Dishonor by non-acceptance | View Details |
| 92 |
Dishonor by non-payment | View Details |
| 93 |
By and to whom notice should be given | View Details |
| 94 |
Mode in which notice may be given | View Details |
| 95 |
Party receiving must transmit notice of dishonor | View Details |
| 96 |
Agent for presentment | View Details |
| 97 |
When party to whom notice given is dead | View Details |
| 98 | When, notice of dishonor is unnecessary | View Details |
| 99 | Noting | View Details |
