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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Cheques Act, 1957

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https://sooperkanoon.com/act/133253

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Cheques Act, 1957 is Central state legislation published on SooperKanoon in full. Use this page to read the bare act and jump to judgments that cite it.

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Preamble1 - Cheques Act, 1957
Section1 - SHORT TITLE AND COMMENCEMENT
Section2 - PROTECTION OF BANKERS PAYING UNINDORSED OR IRREGULARLY INDORSED CHEQUES
Section3 - RIGHTS OF BANKERS COLLECTING CHEQUES NOT INDORSED BY HOLDERS -A banker who gives value for, or has a lien on, cheque
Section4 - UNINDORSED CHEQUES AS EVIDENCE OF PAYMENT -An unindorsed cheque which appears to have been paid by the banker on whom
Section5 - PROTECTION OF BANKERS COLLECTING PAYMENT OF CHEQUES
Section6 - APPLICATION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF BILLS OF EXCHANGE ACT, 1882, TO INSTRUMENTS NOT BEING BILLS OF EXCHANGE -The
Section7 - CONSTRUCTION, SAVING AND REPEAL
Section8 - PROVISIONS AS TO NORTHERN IRELAND -This Act extends to Northern Ireland, but for the purposes of section 6 of the

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