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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 Section 79

Interest when rate specified.—When interest at a specified rate is expressly made payable on a promissory note or bill

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Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 Section 79 is part of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 - Interest when rate specified.—When interest at a specified rate is expressly made payable on a promissory note or bill. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

78. To whom payment should be made.—Subject to the provisions of section 82, clause (c), payment of the amount due on a promissory note, bill of exchange or cheque must, in order to discharge the maker or acceptor, be made to the holder of the instrument. 79. Interest when rate specified.—When interest at a specified rate is expressly made payable on a promissory note or bill of exchange, interest shall be calculated at the rate specified, on the amount of the principal money due thereon, from the date of the instrument, until tender or realization of such amount, or until such date after the institution of a suit to recover such amount as the Court directs.

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What does Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 Section 79 provide?

Section Section 79 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (Interest when rate specified.—When interest at a specified rate is expressly made payable on a promissory note or bill) is reproduced on this page as part of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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