Negotiable Instruments Act 1881

• Chapter 1: Preamble. in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section1– Short title in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section2– Commencement in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section3– Interpretation-clause in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
• Chapter 2: Of Notes, Bills and Cheques in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section4– “Promissory note” in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section5– “Bill of exchange” in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section6– “Cheque” in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section7– Drawer, Drawee in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section8– “Holder” in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section9– “Holder in due course” in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section10– “Payment in due course” in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section11– Inland instrument in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section12– Foreign instrument in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section13– Negotiable instrument in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section14– Negotiation in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section15– Indorsement in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section16– Indorsement in “blank” and “in full”. in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section17– Ambiguous instruments in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section18– Where amount is stated differently in figures and words in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section19– Instruments payable on demand in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section20– Inchoate stamped instruments in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section21– “At sight” in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section22– “Maturity” in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section23– Calculating maturity of bill or note payable so many months after date or sight in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section24– Calculating maturity of bill or note payable so many days after date or sight in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section25– When day of maturity is a holdiay in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
• Chapter 3: Parties to Notes, Bills and Cheques in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section26– Capacity to make, etc., promissory notes, etc. in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section27– Agency in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section28– Liability of agent signing in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section29– Liability of legal representative signing in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section30– Liability of drawer in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section31– Liability of drawee of cheque in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section32– Liability of maker of note and acceptor of bill in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section33– Only drawee can be acceptor except in need or for honour in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section34– Acceptance by several drawees not partners in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section35– Liability of indorser in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section36– Liability of prior parties to holder in due course in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section37– Maker, drawer and acceptor principals in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section38– Prior party a principal in respect of each subsequent party in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section39– Suretyship in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section40– Discharge of indorser’s liability in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section41– Acceptor bound, although, indorsement forged in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section42– Acceptance of bill drawn in fictitious name in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section43– Negotiable instrument made, etc., without consideration. in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section44– Partial absence or failure of money consideration in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section45– Partial failure of consideration not consisting of money in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section45A– Holder’s right to duplicate of lost bill in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
• Chapter 4: Of Negotiation in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section46– Delivery in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section47– Negotiations by delivery in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section48– Negotiation by indorsement in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section49– Conversion of indorsement in blank into indorsement in full in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section50– Effect of indorsement in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section51– Who may negotiate in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section52– Indorser who excluds his own liability or makes it conditional in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section53– Holder deriving title from holder in due course in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section54– Instrument indorsed in blank in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section55– Conversion of indorsement in blank into indorsement in full in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section56– Indorsement for part of sum due in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section57– Legal representative cannot by delivery only negotiate instrument indorsed by deceased in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section58– Instrument obtained by unlawful means or for unlawful consideration in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section59– Instrument acquired after dishonour or when overdue in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section60– Instrument negotiable till payment or satisfaction in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
• Chapter 5: Of Presentment in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section61– Presentment for acceptance in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section62– Presentment of promissory note for sight in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section63– Drawee’s time for deliberation in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section64– Presentment for payment in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section65– Hours for presentment in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section66– Presentment for payment of instrument payable after date or sight in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section67– Presentment for payment of promissory note payable by instalments in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section68– Presentment for payment of instrument payable at specified place and not else where in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section69– Instrument payable at specified place in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section70– Presentment where no exclusive place specified in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section71– Presentment when maker, etc., has no known place of business or residence. in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section72– Presentment of cheque to charge drawer in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section73– Presentment of cheque to charge any other person in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section74– Presentment of instrument payable on demand in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section75– Presentment by or to agent, representative of deceased, or assignee of insolvent in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section75A– Excuse for delay in presentment for acceptance or payment in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section76– When presentment unnecessary in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section77– Liability of banker for negligently dealing with bill presented for payment in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
• Chapter 6:Of Payment and Interest in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section78– To whom payment should be made in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section79– Interest when rate specified in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section80– Interest when no rate specified in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section81– Delivery of instrument on payment, or indemnity in case of loss in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section81A– Application of the Act to electronic cheque and truncated cheque in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
• Chapter 7: Of Discharge from Liability on Notes, Bills and Cheques in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section82– Discharge from liability in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section83– Discharge by allowing drawee more than forty-eight hours to accept in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section84– When cheque not duly presented and drawer damaged thereby. in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section85– Cheque payable to order. in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section85A– Drafts drawn by one branch of a bank on another payable to order in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section86– Parties not consenting discharged by qualified or limited acceptance in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section87– Effect of material alteration in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section88– Acceptor or indorser bound notwithstanding previous alteration in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section89– Payment of instrument on which alteration is not apparent in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section90– Extinguishment of rights of action on bill in acceptor’s hands in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
• Chapter 8:Of Notice of Dishonour in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section91– Dishonour by non-acceptance in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section92– Dishonour by non-payment in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section93– By and to whom notice should be given in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section94– Mode in which notice may be given in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section95– Party receiving must transmit notice of dishonour in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section96– Agent for presentment in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section97– When party to whom notice given is dead in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section98– When notice of dishnour is unnecessary in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
• Chapter 9: Of Noting and Protest in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section99– Noting in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section100– Protest in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section101– Contents of protest in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section102– Protest for non-payement after dishonour by non-acceptacne in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section103– Protest for non-payement after dishonour by non-acceptacne in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section104– Protest of foreign bills in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section104A– When noting equivalent to protest in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
• Chapter 10: Of Reasonable Time in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section105– Reasonable time in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section106– Reasonable time of giving notice of dishonour in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section107– Reasonable time for transmitting such notice in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
• Chapter 11: Of Acceptance and Payment for Honour and Reference in Case of Need in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section108– Acceptance for honour in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section109– How acceptance for honour must be made in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section110– Acceptance not specifying for whose honour it is made in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section111– Liability of acceptor for honour in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section112– When acceptor for honour may be charged in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section113– Payment for honour in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section114– Right of payer for honour in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section115– Drawee in case of need in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section116– Acceptance and payment without protest in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
• Chapter 12:Of Compensation in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section117– Rules as to compensation in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
• Chapter 13: Special Rules of Evidence in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section118– Presumptions as to negotiable instruments in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section119– Presumption on proof of protest in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section120– Estoppel against denying original validity of instrument in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section121– Estoppel against denying capacity of payee to indorse in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section122– Estoppel against denying signature or capacity of prior party in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
• Chapter 14: Of Crossed Cheques in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section123– Cheque crossed generally in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section124– Cheque crossed specially in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section125– Crossing after issue in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section126– Payment of cheque crossed generally in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section127– Payment of cheque crossed specially more than once in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section128– Payment in due course of corssed cheque in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section129– Payment of crossed cheque out of due course in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section130– Cheque bearing “not negotiable” in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section131– Non-liability of banker receiving payment of cheque in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section131A– Application of Chapter to drafts in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
• Chapter 15: Of Bills in Sets in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section132– Set of bills in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
  • Section133– Holder of first acquired part entitled to all in Negotiable Instruments Act 1881