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Title
1 Short Title, etc
2 Interpretation
Part 1Bills of exchange
Forms and interpretation
3 Bill of exchange defined
4 Inland and foreign bills
5 How bills may be drawn
6 Address to drawee
7 Certainty required as to payee
8 What bills are negotiable
9 Sum payable
10 Bill payable on demand
11 Bill payable at a future time
12 Omission of date in bill payable after date
13 Antedating and postdating
14 Computation of time of payment
15 Referee in case of need
16 Optional stipulations by drawer or indorser
17 Definition and requisites of acceptance
18 Time for acceptance
19 General and qualified acceptances
20 Inchoate instruments
21 Delivery
Capacity and authority of parties
22 Capacity of parties
23 Signature essential to liability
24 Forged or unauthorised signature
25 Signature by procuration
26 Person signing as agent or representative
The consideration for a bill
27 Value, and holder for value
28 Accommodation party
29 Holder in due course
30 Presumption of value and good faith
Negotiation of bills
31 Negotiation of bill
32 Requisition of a valid indorsement
33 Conditional indorsement
34 Indorsement in blank, and special indorsement
35 Restrictive indorsement
36 Negotiation of overdue or dishonoured bill
37 Negotiation of bill to party already liable thereon
38 Rights of the holder
General duties of the holder
39 When presentment for acceptance is necessary
40 Time for presenting bill payable after sight
41 Rules as to presentment for acceptance, and excuses for non-presentment
42 Non-acceptance
43 Dishonour by non-acceptance, and its consequences
44 Qualified acceptance
45 Rules as to presentment for payment
46 Excuses for delay or non-presentment for payment
47 Dishonour by non-payment
48 Notice of dishonour
49 Rules as to notice of dishonour
50 Excuses for want of notice and delay
51 Noting or protest of bill
52 Duties of holder as regards drawee or acceptor
Liabilities of parties
53 Funds in hands of drawee
54 Liability of acceptor
55 Liability of drawer or indorser
56 Stranger signing bill liable as indorser
57 Measure of damages against parties to dishonoured bill
58 Transferor and transferee by delivery
Discharge of bill
59 Payment in due course
60 Banker paying on demand draft bearing forged indorsement
61 Where acceptor the holder at maturity
62 Holder may waive his rights
63 Cancellation
64 Alteration of bill
Acceptance and payment for honour
65 Acceptance for honour supra protest
66 Liability of acceptor for honour
67 Presentation to acceptor for honour
68 Payment for honour supra protest
Lost bills
69 Holder's right to duplicate of lost bill
70 Action on lost bill
Bill in a set
71 Rules as to sets
Conflict of laws
72 Law governing contracts contained in a bill
Part 2Cheques on a bank
73 Cheque defined
74 Presentment of cheques for payment
75 Revocation of banker's authority
Crossed cheques
76 General and special crossings defined
77 Crossing by drawer or after issue
78 Crossing to be deemed a material part of cheque
79 Duties of banker as to crossed cheques
80 Protection to banker and drawer where cheque is crossed
81 Effect of the words “Not negotiable”
“Not negotiable”
82 [Repealed]
83 Branch banks deemed independent banks for certain purposes
Part 3Promissory notes
84 Promissory note defined
85 Delivery necessary
86 Joint and several notes
87 Note payable on demand
88 Presentment of note for payment
89 Liability of maker
90 Application of Part 1 to notes
Part 4Miscellaneous
91 Good faith
92 Signature
93 Computation of time
94 When noting equivalent to protest
95 Protest when notary not accessible
96 Bill drawn at sight to be deemed a bill payable on demand
97 [Repealed]
98 Saving
Schedule 1Enactments consolidated
Schedule 2Protest where the services of a notary cannot be obtained
An Act to consolidate certain enactments of the General Assembly relating to bills of exchange