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The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881

( ACT NO. XXVI OF 1881 )

Chapter XIV

SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO CHEQUES

Cheque crossed generally
123. Where a cheque bears across its face an addition of the words “and company” or any abbreviation thereof, between two parallel transverse lines, or of two paralled transverse lines simply, either with or without the words “not negotiable”, that addition shall be deemed a crossing and the cheque shall be deemed to be crossed generally.

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