The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881

The Negotiable
Instruments Act,
1881.
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Presented To
Prof. Y.A. LAD
Department Of Human Resource Management
Presented By
Mr. Piyush Patel
Mr. Tarang Patel
Mr. Mihir Riswadkar

Introduction
• The law relating to negotiable instruments is contained in the
Negotiable Instruments Act. 1881 which applies and extends to the
whole of India.
• The word negotiable‟ means “transferable by delivery” and instrument
means “a written document by which a right is created in favor of some
person or persons.
• Thus, the term negotiable instrument literally means a written document
which creates a right in favor of somebody and is freely transferable.
• A negotiable instrument is a piece of paper which entitles a person to a
certain sum of money and which is transferable from one to another
person by a delivery or by endorsement and delivery.
• Eg: - Promissory note, Cheque and a Bill of exchange, documents such
as Railway or ST Receipts; Dividend, warrants; etc.
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Characteristics of Negotiable
Instruments
• Free transferability or easy negotiability Negotiable instrument is
freely transferable.
• .Title of holder is free from all defects : A person who takes
negotiable instrument bona-fide and for value gets the instrument
free from all defects in the title. The holder in due course is not
affected by defective title of the transferor or of any other party.
• Recovery: The holder in due course can sue upon a
negotiation instrument in his own name for the recovery of
the amount.
• Presumptions: Dealt in Secs 118 and 119
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• Consideration : That every negotiable instrument, was made or drawn
for consideration.
• Date : That every negotiable instrument bearing a date was made or
drawn on such date.
• Time of acceptance : That every accepted bill of exchange was
accepted within a reasonable time after its date and before its maturity.
• Time of Endorsements : That the endorsements appearing up to
negotiable instrument were made in the order in which they appear
there upon. Stamps : that a last promissory-note, bill of exchange or
cheque was duly stamped.
• Holder presumed to be a holder in due course : that every holder of a
negotiable instrument is holder in due course.
• Time of transfer : that every transfer of a negotiable instrument was
made before its maturity.
• Proof of protest: If anyone challenges any of these presumption , or
dishonored, the court, on proof of protest Presumes the fact of dishonor,
until such fact is disproved.
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Types of Negotiable Instruments
Negotiable instruments are of two types which areas follows:
• Negotiable Instruments recognized by status: e.g. Bills of exchange, cheque
and promissory notes.
• Negotiable instruments recognized by usage or customs of trade:
e.g. Bank notes, exchequer bills, share warrants, bearer debentures, dividend
warrants, share certificate.

Promissory Note :
A “promissory note” is an instrument in writing {not being a bank-note or a
currency-note} containing an unconditional undertaking, signed by the maker;
to pay a certain sum of money only to or to the order of a certain person or the
bearer of the instrument.
 Essential elements
 Writing
 Promise to pay
 Definite and unconditional
 Signed by the maker
 Certain parties
 Certain the sum of money
 Promise to pay money only
 Bank note or currency note is not a promissory note
 Formalities like number, date, place ,etc.
 It may be payable on demand or after a definite period of time.
 It cannot be made payable to bearer on demand.
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Specimen of a promissory note:
Rs. 1000/- Pune November 13, 2013
Three moths after the date, I promise to pay Mr. XY of
Vadodara or order a sum of Rupees One Thousand for
value received.
To
Mr. XY
Address………..
…………… Stamp
Vadodara Signature of Mr. Z
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Essential characteristics of a
Promissory Note
• Promissory note is a negotiable instrument
• It must be in writing
• It is a promise to pay money only.
• It must be definite. The promise to pay must be definite.
• It must be unconditional. Undertaking to pay must be unconditional.
• It must be signed by the maker.
• Maker of the promissory note must be a certain person and the payee
must also be certain.
• Amount of the promissory note must be certain.
• Other formalities like number, date, consideration, place etc. are
generally found in the promissory notes but they are not essential in law.
• Promissory note must be properly stamped according to the provisions of
the Indian Stamp Act, 1899.
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Bill of Exchange
• A bill of exchange is an instrument in writing containing an unconditional
order, signed by the maker, directing a certain person to pay a certain sum of
money only to, or to the order of a certain person or to the bearer of the
instrument.(Sec 5) .
• A person Directed to pay is drawee
• When a drawee accepts the bill he is called acceptor
• The person to whom the payment is to be made is called the payee.
• The drawer or payee who is in posssession of bill is called holder
• The holder indorses the bill, not or cheque he is called indorser.
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Specimen of a Bill Of exchange:
Rs. 1000/- Pune November 13, 2013
Three moths after date pay to Mr. XY or the sum of
Rupees One Thousand ,for value received.
To
Mr. XY
Address………..
…………… Accepted Stamp
Vadodara XY Signature of Mr. Z
In case of need with
SBI, Vadodara
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Essential Elements:Bill of Exchange
• It must be in writing
• It must contain an order to pay
• The order must be unconditional
• It requires 3 parties : Drawer, Drawee & Payee
• The parties must be certain
• It must be signed by the drawer
• The sum must be certain
• It must contain an order to pay money
• A bill as originally drawn cannot be made payable to bearer on demand
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Distinction Between a Bill Of exchange
and a promissory note
• In a note there are 2 parties- the maker and the payee & in bill 3 parties –the
drawer, the drawee and the payee
• A note contains an unconditional promise to pay. A bill contains an
unconditional to pay.
• The maker of a note is the debtor and he himself undertakes to pay. The
drawer of a b ill is the creditor who directs the drawee(his debtor) to pay.
• The liability of the maker of a note is primary and absolute, whereas the
liabilty of the drawer of a bill is secondary.
• A note cannot be made payable to maker himself, whereas in a bill the
drawer and the payee may be one and the same person.
• A note cannot be drawn payable to bearer. A bill can be so drawn. But in no
case can a note or bill be drawn payable to bearer on demand.
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Cheques
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• A cheque is a bill of exchange drawn on a specified banker, and payable on
demand and it includes the electronic image of a truncated cheque and the
cheque in the electronic form.
• A cheque in the electronic form contains the exact mirror image of a proper
cheque, written and signed in a secured system ensuring the minimum safety
standards with the use of digital signature and asymmetric crypto system.
• A truncated cheque is truncated during clearing by clearing house or bank
• Clearing house is managed or recognized by Reserve bank of India.
• A cheque is bill of exchange with two more qualifications,
• It is always drawn on a specified banker
• It is always payable on demand.
• Consequently, all cheque are bill of exchange, but all bills are not cheque.

Distinction between a bill of exchange and a
cheque
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• A bill of exchange is usually drawn on some person or firm, while a
cheque is always drawn on a bank.
• It is essential that a bill of exchange must be accepted before its
payment can be claimed A cheque does not require any such
acceptance.
• A cheque can only be drawn payable on demand, a bill may be also
drawn payable on demand, or on the expiry of a certain period after date
or sight.
• A grace of three days is allowed in the case of time bills while no grace is
given in the case of a cheque.
• The drawer of the bill is discharged from his liability, if it is not presented
for payment, but the drawer of a cheque is discharged only if he suffers any
damage by delay in presenting the cheque for payment.

Distinction between a bill of
exchange and a cheque
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• Notice of dishonor of a bill is necessary, but no such notice is
necessary in the case of cheque
• A cheque may be crossed, but not needed in the case of bill.
• A bill of exchange must be properly stamped, while a cheque does
not require any stamp.
• A cheque drawn to bearer payable on demand shall be valid but a bill
payable on demand can never be drawn to bearer.
• Unlike cheques, the payment of a bill cannot be countermanded by
the drawer.

Crossing Of Cheques 16
2 types of cheques:
1. Open cheques
2. Crossed Cheques
Types of crossed cheques:
1. General Crossing( Name of the person/ Co and words non
Negotiable)
2. Special Crossing( Name of banker w/o not negotiable)
3. Restrictive Crossing(A/c payee in addition to the above crossings)
4. Non Negotiable Crossing
Who can cross the cheque??
1. The Drawer
2. The Holder
3. The banker

Classification Of Negotiable
Instruments
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The Negotiable Instruments can be classified as:
Bearer & Order Instruments
Inland & Foreign Instruments
Instruments payable on demand
Time Instruments
• Accomodation Bill
• Ficitious Bill
• Documentary Bill
• Clean Bill
• Undated bills
• Inchoate Instruments

Classification Of Negotiable
Instruments
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Bills In Sets: A bill of exchange is soemtimes drawn in parts especially
when it has to be sent from one country to another.This is known as bill
in set. Each part is known as VIA
Rules Regarding the Bills In Sets:
A bill of exchange may be drawn in parts
Each part of bill in a set must be numbered and contain provision that it shall
remain to be payable until other parts remain un paid.
The entire bill is extinguished when payment is made on one of the parts
The drawer must sign each part and also deliver all the parts.

Payment in Due Course 19
 The following condition must be satisfied before a payment of a
negotiable instrument can be called as a payment in due course:
Payment must be in accordance with the apparent tenor of the instrument.
Payment must be made in good faith & without negligence.
Payment must be made to the person in possession of the instrument.
Payment must be made in money only.
Payment must be made under circumstances which do not afford a reasonable
ground for believing that he is not entitled to receive payment of the amount
mentioned therein.

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Capacities of parties
• Minor
• Persons of unsound mind
• Corporation
• Agent
• Partners
• Hindu joint family
• Legal representative
Parties to a Negotiable Instrument

Minor:
As a minors agreement is void , he cannot bind himself by becoming
a party to a negotiable instrument. But he may draw, indorse, deliver,
and negotiable a negotiable instrument so as to bind all parties except
himself that is, he may operate as a channel to convey title and
liability but not to originate it.
EXAMPLE:
A, B, and M a minor executed a promissory note in favour of P, held,
M, is immunity from liability did not absolve A and B, other joint
promisors, from liability.
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• Persons of unsound mind:
Agreement of lunatics, idiots and drunken persons like those of
minors are void bills and notes drown or made by such persons are
void as against them (through the other parties remains liable).
• Corporation:
A corporation or a joint stock company forms an exception to general
rule that the capacities to in incur liability on a negotiable instrument is
coexentensively with capacity to contract.
• Agent:
a person capable of contracting may make , draw, accepts, indorse,
deliver and negotiate bill, no or check. either himself or through a
newly authorized agent acting in his name.
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• Partners:
In a trading firm each partner has prima facie authority to bind his co-
partner by drawing, signing, making, endorsing, accepting,
transferring negotiating bills, notes and cheques in the name and on
account of partnership.
• Hindu Joint family:
It represent the family in or dealings with the outside the world. He
has an implied authority on be half of the family to contract debts and
pledge the credit of the family and borrow money on a note or bill
where he carries on family business.
• Legal representatives: A legal representative is entitled to all the
instrument of the holder after the death of the latter. He can sue on
them for the recovery of the amount.
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Parties to negotiable instrument:
Parties to a bill of exchange:
 Drawer
 Drawee
 Acceptor
 Payee
 Holder
 Indorser
 Indorsee
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 Parties to a promissory note:
 Maker
 Payee
 Holder
 Indorser
 Indorsee
 Parties to a cheque:
 Maker
 Drawee
 Payee
 Holder
 Indorser
 Indorsee
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HOLDER AND HOLDER IN DUE COURSE
Holder :- According to section 8 of the Act holder of a negotiable
instrument means any person (a) who is entitled in his own name
to the possession of the negotiable instrument and (b) who has
also the right to receive or recover the amount due there on from
the parties there to.
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The holders of the negotiable instruments: Eligibility
a. A principal whose name appears on an instrument as the holder though it
executed in the name of his agent for him
b. Where a negotiable instrument is a bearer one, any person who is in the
possession of such instrument is the holder.
c. Where a negotiable instrument is in the name of a partner of a firm, it
naturally becomes a holder as it is not a separate entity from the partner.
d. The endorsee of a cheque is called a holder.
e. If a holder of a negotiable instrument is dead, the heirs of the deceased
holder between the holders.
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Holder in due Course
Holder in due course‟ means any person who for the
consideration becomes the possessor of a promissory note, a bill
of exchange or a cheque if payable to bearer, or the payee or
endorsee thereof, if payable to order, before the amount
mentioned in it becomes payable and without having sufficient
cause to believe that any defect existed in the title of the person
from whom he derived his title (section 9) .
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a. He must be a holder:
A holder to be a holder in due course must be entitled to the
possession of the instrument in his name under a legal title and he
must also be entitled to recover the amount of the instrument from the
parties liable there to.
b. He must be a holder for valuable consideration
To be a holder in due course, a person must be a holder for valuable
consideration and the consideration must not be illegal or void.
However, consideration may be past, present adequate or inadequate.
A done acquiring title to the instrument by way of a gift is not a holder
in due course because there is no consideration to the contract and
therefore he cannot maintain any suit against the donor in the court of
law. The house hired for illegal purposes and money due on a
promissory note, deposited for the security cannot be recovered by a
suit.
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c.He must become a holder of the negotiable instrument before
the date of maturity.
If the negotiable instrument is taken after it becomes due, the person
taking it gets the rights of his immediate transferor against the other
parties and therefore, a person who takes a negotiable instrument on
the day on which it becomes payable cannot claim rights of a holder
in due course.
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d. He must become a holder of the negotiable instrument in
good faith:
Here the term „good faith‟ implies that he should not accept the
instrument after knowing about the defect or defects in the title to
the instrument. A thing is done in good faith when it is done
honestly. It is the duty of a person [who takes a negotiable
instrument] to examine its contents thoroughly. If the negotiable
instrument contains any material alteration or if it is incomplete,
he will not become a holder in due course. Thus, he must become
a holder and must take the negotiable instrument complete and
regular on its face.
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Distinction between holder and holder in due
course
Holder is different from a holder in due course. A holder in due
course enjoys certain rights and privileges.
1. A holder can obtain an instrument without consideration while a
person cannot be a holder in due course unless he obtains an
instrument with consideration and for value.
2. If an instrument is inchoate, a holder of such instrument cannot
get good title in the instrument. While holder in due course acquires
a good title even if the instrument is inchoate.
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3. A holder of an instrument may acquire the instrument if it
becomes payable. But the person is not treated as a holder in due
course if he acquires an instrument when it becomes payable.
4. A holder need not bother about the defect, if any, in the title.
But no holder is considered a holder in due course who acquires an
instrument knowingly the defect of the title.
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Negotiation
 It is a process of transferring the ownership, right, title, interest
of a person in a negotiable instrument to another person so as to
give a good title to the transferee and make a transferee a holder
of such instrument.
 Negotiation does not mean a simple transfer. Simple transfer
may not necessarily involve the transfer of property in the
negotiable instrument but negotiation implies the transfer of
property or ownership.
 Eg -X hands over a cheque to Mr. Y here Mr. X has negotiates
the instrument. But if he hands over a cheque to Mr. Y asking him
to keep the same in his safe, the cheque is not negotiated to Mr.
Y, Mr. Y does not become its holder but only a bailee.
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Essentials of negotiation
 There must be transfer of a negotiable instrument to
another person.
 As a result of such transfer, the transferee must become
the holder of the instrument.
Procedure of transfer or modes of negotiation:
A negotiable instrument can be transferred to another
person in the following two ways:
a.Negotiation by delivery; and
b.Negotiation by endorsement and delivery
 Instruments payable to bearer can be transferred by
mere delivery, while instruments payable to the order
are transferred by endorsement and delivery:
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• Thus delivery of a negotiable instrument is a voluntary transfer of
possession of the negotiable instrument. When an instrument is negotiated
by delivery it is not necessary for a transferor to put his or her signature on
the instrument and therefore, there is no privacy of any contract between
the transferor and any subsequent transferee.
• Negotiation by endorsement and delivery:
• Subject to the provision of section 48 [which is stated earlier] a promissory
note, cheque or a bill of exchange payable to order is negotiable by the
holder by endorsement and delivery thereof [section 48]
• Thus the delivery is the common element between the two modes of
negotiation i.e. negotiation by mere delivery and negotiation by
endorsement and delivery.
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Indorsement
“Literal meaning of the term indorsement is writing on an instrument.”
Indorser - The person who signs on the back or on the face of t
instrument or on the slip is an indorser.
Indorsee - The person to whom the instrument is indorsed is called t
indorsee.
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Kinds of Indorsement
• General or blank indorsement - Indorser signs his name
either on the back or face of the instrument.
• Full or special indorsement - It specifies the name of the
person to whom or to whose order the payment must be
made.
• Partial indorsement – Indorsement is made for
remaining balance of payment.
• Conditional indorsement – The liability of the indorser is
limited or negative.
• Restrictive indorsement- Restrictive indorsement
restricts the further negotiability of the negotiable
instrument. Such indorsement entitles the holder of the
instrument to receive the amount on the instrument for a
specific purpose. The indorsement is restrictive when it
contains express words to that effect.
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Types Of conditional Indoresement:
 Sans Recours
 Facultative Indorsment
 Liability dependent on contingency
 Sans faris Indorsement

Instruments obtained by Unlawful
Means
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 Stolen Instruments
 Instruments Obtains by Coercion or fraud
 Instruments obtained for an Unlawful Consideration
 Forged Instruments
 Forged Indorsement
 Instruments without Consideration

PRESENTMENT OF ACCEPTANCE
It is only bill of certain type that require acceptance
Ti is acceptance when the drawee put his signature on it signifying his
assent to order of drawer that he will pay the bill at the time when it is
due.
Essential of valid acceptance are as fallow
 It must be written on the bill:
the usual form in which the drawee accept a bill is by writing the
word accepted across of the face of the bill & signing his name
underneath
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 It must be signed by drawee personally:
untill the acceptance the drawee is not part to the bill & is not liable
because person is not liable on a contract unless he is party thereto
 The accepted bill must be delivered to the holder:
the acceptance has no effect until the accepted bill is delivered to the
holder
1. A bill payable some period after sight or after presentment: in
order to fix its date of maturity
2. A bill in which there is an express stipulation: that it shall be
presented for acceptance before it is presented for payment.
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Mode of acceptance :
1) General acceptance : an acceptance is general when the draws while
accepting the bill does not attach any condition or any condition or any
qualification to it.
2) Qualified acceptance: an acceptance is qualified where it is given
subject to some condition or qualification
1) Conditional : eg: – accepted payable when in fund„s payable when a
cargo consigned to me is solled
2) Partial : i.e. for a party only of a amount of a bill as for eg: when a
bill is drawn for Rs. 1000 & is accepted for Rs: 200 only.
3) Qualified as to place: to pay only at a specified place and not to pay
at place different from the place mentioned in the bill.
4) Qualified as a time: to pay as a time other then that give in the bill
eg: bill drawn payable three month after date but‟ accepted payable
six months after date.
5)Acceptance by some of the drawees , but not all: eg: a bill drawn on
A B & C but accepted by A only.

Dishonour of negotiable instrument
•Negotiable instruments, Promissory notes and Cheques may be
dishonored by non payment
•Bills of exchange may be dishonored by non payment or by non-
acceptance as they require acceptance from drawees.

Dishonour of negotiable instrument
Dishonour by non-acceptace:
 If the drawee doesnot accept the bill within the 48 hrs from the time of
presentment though it is duly presneted
 If there are several drawees and all of them do not accept
 When presentment for acceptance is excused and the bill is not accepted
 When the drawee is imcompetent to contracr
 When the drawee gives a qualified acceptance
 When the drawee is a fictitious person or after reasonable search cannt be
found.
Dishonour by Non Payment:
 A promisory note, bill of exchange or cheque is said to be dishonoured by
non- payment when the maker of the note, acceptor of the bill or drawee
of the cheque makes default in payment upon duly required to pay the
same.

NOTICE OF DISHONOUR
When a negotiable instrument is dishonoured either by
nonacceptance or by non payment the holder of the instrument or
some party to it who is liable thereon must give a notice of
dishonour to all the prior parties whom he wants to make liable on
the instrument.
NOTICE BY WHOM:
 Notice by holder or any prior party
 Chain method of giving notice of dishonour
 Notice by principal or agent
NOTICE TO WHOM:
 Notice to all parties whom the holder seks to make liable
 Notice to party or his agent, or to legal representative or assignee
FORM OF NOTICE

Discharge of a party or parties
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 By payment
 By cancellation
 By release
 By allowing drawee more then 48hours
 By non-presentment of cheque
 Cheque payable to order
 Draft Drawn by one branch on another
 Parties not consenting discharged by qualified acceptance
 By operation of law
 By material alteration
 Discharge by payment of altered instrument

Rules of evidence estoppel and international law:
• When a person by his conducts or words spoken or written leads
another person to believe that a certain state of affairs exists he is
estopped from denying the fact of that statement later. The Negotiable
Instrument Act lays down the following rules of estopped
• Estoppels against denying original validity of Instrument (sec 120)
 The maker of a promissory note, the drawer of a bill of exchange or
cheque and the acceptor of a bill for the honors of the drawer are not
permitted, as against a holder in due course, to deny the validity of the
instrument as originally made or drawn.
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• Estoppels against denying capacity of payee to
indorse(sec 121)
The maker of a promissory note and the acceptor of a bills of exchange
payable to order are not permitted, as against a holder in due course, to
say that the payee is incapable of indorsing the instrument.
• Indorse not permitted to deny the capacity of prior
parties (sec 122)
The indorse of a negotiable instrument is not permitted, as against a
subsequent holder, to deny the signature or capacity to contract of any
prior party to the instrument

INTERNATIONAL LAW
The rules of international law relating to foreign negotiable
instrument are as follows:
• Liability:
The liability of the maker or drawer of a foreign promissory note,
bills of exchange or cheque is regulated in all essential matters by
the law of place where the instrument has been made. The liability
of the acceptor and indorse is determined by the law of the place
where the instrument is payable. This rule is however subject to
contract between the parties (sec 134)
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• Dishonour:
Where a promissory note, bills of exchange or cheque is made payable in a
different place from that is which it is made or indorsed, the law of the
place where it is made payable determines what constitute dishonor and
what notice of dishonor is sufficient (sec 135)
• Instrument made out of India according to the provision of Indian
Law:
If an instrument is made, drawn, accepted, or indorsed out of India
according to the Indian Law, It‟s subsequent acceptance or endorsement
in India will not invalidate it even through the agreement evidenced by
such an instrument is invalid according to the law of foreign country
(sec136)
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Presumption as to foreign law:
The law of a foreign country regarding promissory notes, bills of
exchange and cheques is presumed to be the same as that of India
unless and until the contrary is proved (sec 137)
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HUNDIS:
 Hundis are indigenous negotiable instrument written in a vernacular
language .
 Sometimes these are like promissory notes.
KINDS OF HUNDIS
• Darshni hundi (a hundi payable at sight)
• Muddati or Miadi hundi (hundi payable after a specific period)
 Shah jog hundi
 Nam jog hundi
 Dhani jog hundi or dekhandar hundi
 Firman jog hundi
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• Shah jog hundi:
Means a hundi which is payable only to a shah. The drawer (the
person on whom the hundi is drawn) must, however, make sure that
he make payment on a shah jog hundi only to a shah if he makes
payment on such a hundi to a person other than shah he will not be
entitled to recover from the drawer the money he pays to the holder.
• Nam jog hundi:
It is a hundi which is payable to or to the order of a specified person
named in the hundi . It is similar to a shah jog hundi except that in
place of the world. Shah the name of the payee is given in the hundi
It can be negotiable like a bill of exchange.
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• Dhani jog hundi or dekhandar hundi:
A dhani jog hundi is a hundi which payable to the holder or bearer
and can be negotiated by mere delivery.
• Firman jog hundi:
Means is one which is payable to order. It can be negotiated, like
other instrument payable to order by endorsement delivery.
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• Jawabee hundi:
It is hundi which is use for remitting money from one place to
another. When the payee that is a person who is the receive money,
gets the money he has to send an answer, that is, jawab to the
remitter.
• Jokhami hundi:
It is one which implies the condition that the money shall be payable
by the drawee who is the buyer a goods only in the, event of the safe
arrival of the goods against which the hundi is drawn . It is in effect
the combination of the bill of exchange and insurance policy
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Legal Relationship between Banker and
Customer
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Special features
Obligation to honor cheques
Obligation to keep a proper record of transactions
Obligation to abide by the instructions given by the
customer
General lien of bankers
Obligation not to disclose the state of his
customer’s account or affair
Incidental charges and interest
Right to set off
Right of appropriation

When may a banker dishonor a customer’s
cheque?
• When the cheque is post-dated.
• When the banker has not sufficient funds of the drawer with him
and there is no communication between the bank and the customer
to honor the cheque.
• When the cheque is of doubtful legality.
• When the cheque is not duly presented.
• When the cheque on the face of it is irregular, ambiguous or
otherwise materially altered.
• When some persons have joint account and the cheque is not
signed jointly by all or by the survivors of them.
• When the cheque has been allowed to become stale, Le., it has not
been presented within six months of the date mentioned on it.

When must a banker dishonor a customer‟s
cheque?
• When a customer after issuing a cheque issues instructions not to
honor it, the banker must not pay it.
• When the banker receives notice of customer's death.
• When customer has been adjudged an insolvent.
• When the banker receives notice of customer's insanity.
• When an order of the Court, prohibits payment.
• When the customer has given notice of assignment of the credit
balance of his account.
• When the holder's title is defective and the banker comes to know
of it.
• When the customer has given notice for closing his account.

Protection of a paying banker
• He can debit the account of the customer with the amount
even though the endorsement turns out subsequently to
have been forged.
• It would be seen that the payee includes endorsee.
• This protection is granted because a banker cannot be
expected to know the signatures of all the persons in the
world. He is only bound to know the signatures of his own
customers.

Protection of a collecting banker
• The collecting banker should have acted in good faith and
without negligence.
• The banker should have collected a crossed
cheque, i.e., the cheque should have been crossed before it
came to him for collection.
• The proceeds should have been collected for a
customer, i.e., a person who has an account with him.
• That the collecting banker has only acted as an agent of the
customer. If he had become the holder for value, the
protection available under Section 131 is forfeited -

The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881

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