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Negotiableinstruments 100403000448 Phpapp02
Negotiableinstruments 100403000448 Phpapp02
BY B.K.VASHISHTHA
Negotiable Instruments
Governed by Negotiable instruments Act
1881
A negotiable instrument means a
and negotiability
Negotiable Instruments
Conditional endorsement
endorsement full
Crossing of open cheque by holder
crossing
Conversion of “bearer” into “order”
Payment of cheques
Section 126 of N I Act
Where a cheque is crossed generally,
the banker on whom it is drawn shall
not pay it otherwise than to a banker
and where a cheque is crossed
specially, the banker on whom it is
drawn shall not pay it otherwise than
to the banker to whom it is crossed or
his agent for collection
Payment of cheques
Ante dated
Post dated
Stale cheques
Amount in words and figures differs ( sec
18 of N I Act) )
Authentication of alterations
Forgery of drawer’s signature
Payment during banking hours
Protection to paying banker - 85(1) order
cheques, 85(2) bearer cheques
Refusal of payment of cheques
Payment countermanded by the drawer
Death of the drawer
Insolvency of the drawer
Insanity of the drawer
Garnishee order
Breach of trust – trust accounts
Defective title of the property
Mutilated cheques