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The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881

( ACT NO. XXVI OF 1881 )

Chapter VII

OF DISCHARGE FROM LIABILITY ON NOTES, BILLS AND CHEQUES

Cheque payable to order
85.(1) Where a cheque payable to order purports to be indorsed by or on behalf of the payee, the drawee is discharged by payment in due course.
 
 
 
 
(2) Where a cheque is originally expressed to be payable to bearer, the drawee is discharged by payment in due course to the bearer thereof, notwithstanding any indorsement whether in full or in blank appearing thereon, and notwithstanding that any such indorsement purports to restrict or exclude further negotiation.

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