THE NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS ACT, 1881
ARRENGMENT OF SECTIONS
CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY
| Sections | |
|---|---|
| 1. | Short title. Local extent. Saving of usages relating to hundis, etc. Commencement. |
| 2. | [Repealed.]. |
| 3. | Interpretation-clause. Banker. |
CHAPTER II
OF NOTES, BILLS AND CHEQUES
| 4. | “Promissory note” |
| 5. | “Bill of exchange”. |
| 6. | “Cheque”. |
| 7. | “Drawer.” “Drawee”. “Drawee in case of need”. “Acceptor”. “Acceptor for honour”. “Payee”. |
| 8. | “Holder”. |
| 9. | “Holder in due course”. |
| 10. | “Payment in due course” |
| 11. | Inland instrument. |
| 12. | Foreign instrument. |
| 13. | “Negotiable instrument”. |
| 14. | Negotiation. |
| 15. | Indorsement. |
| 16. | Indorsement “in blank” and “in full”. “Indorsee”. |
| 17. | Ambiguous instruments. |
| 18. | Where amount is stated differently in figures and words. |
| 19. | Instruments payable on demand. |
| 20. | Inchoate stamped instruments. |
| 21. | “At sight”. “On presentment”. “After sight”. |
| 22. | “Maturity”. Days of grace. |
| 23. | Calculating maturity of bill or note payable so many months after date or sight. |
| 24. | Calculating maturity of bill or note payable so many days after date or sight. |
| 25. | When day of maturity is a holiday. |