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The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881

( ACT NO. XXVI OF 1881 )

Chapter III

PARTIES TO NOTES, BILLS AND CHEQUES

Signature essential to liability
29A. No person is liable as maker, drawer, indorser or acceptor of a promissory note, bill of exchange or cheque who has not signed it as such:
 
 
 
 
Provided that where a person signs any such instrument in a trade or assumed name he is liable thereon as if he had signed it in his own name.

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