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Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 Section 50

Title: Effect of Indorsement

State: Central

Year: 1881

The indorsement of a negotiable instrument followed by delivery transfers to the indorsee the property therein with the right of further negotiation; but the indorsement may, by express words, restrict or exclude such right, or may merely constitute the indorsee an agent to indorse the instrument, or to receive its contents for the indorser, or for some other specified person. Illustrations B signs the following indorsements on different negotiable instruments payable to bearer:-- (a) "Pay the contents to C only." (b) "Pay C for my use." (c) "Pay C or order for the account of B." (d) "The within must be credited to C." These indorsements exclude the right of further negotiation by C. (e) "Pay C." (f) "Pay C value in account with the Oriental Bank." (g) "Pay the contents to C, being part of the consideration in a certain deed of assignment executed by C to the indorser and others." These indorsements do not exclude the right of further negotiation by C.

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Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 Section 96

Title: Agent for Presentment

State: Central

Year: 1881

When the instrument is deposited with an agent for presentment, the agent is entitled to the same time to give notice to his principal as if he were the holder giving notice of dishonour, and the principal is entitled to a further like period to give notice of dishonour.

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Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 Section 107

Title: Reasonable Time for Transmitting Such Notice

State: Central

Year: 1881

A party receiving notice of dishonour, who seeks to enforce his right against a prior party, transmits the notice within a reasonable time if he transmits it within the same time after its receipt as he would have had to give notice if he had been the holder.

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Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 Section 106

Title: Reasonable Time of Giving Notice of Dishonour

State: Central

Year: 1881

If the holder and the party to whom notice of dishonour is given carry on business or live (as the case may be) in different places, such notice is given within a reasonable time if it is despatched by the next post or on the day next after the day of dishonour. If the said parties carry on business or live in the same place, such notice is given within a reasonable time if it is despatched in time to reach its destination on the day next after the day of dishonour.

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Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 Section 105

Title: Reasonable Time

State: Central

Year: 1881

In determining what is a reasonable time for presentment for acceptance or payment, for giving notice of dishonour and for noting, regard shall be had to the nature of the instrument and the usual course of dealing with respect to similar instruments; and, in calculating such time, public holidays shall be excluded.

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Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 Section 104

Title: Protest of Foreign Bills

State: Central

Year: 1881

Foreign bills of exchange must be protested for dishonour when such protest is required by the law of the place where they are drawn.

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Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 Section 103

Title: Protest for Non-payment After Dishonour by Non-acceptance

State: Central

Year: 1881

All bills of exchange drawn payable at some other place than the place mentioned as the residence of the drawee, and which are dishonoured by non-acceptance, may, without further presentment to the drawee, be protested for non-payment, in the place specified for payment, unless paid before or at maturity.

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Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 Section 102

Title: Notice of Protest

State: Central

Year: 1881

When a promissory note or bill of exchange is required by law to be protested, notice of such protest must be given instead of notice of dishonour, in the same manner and subject to the same conditions; but the notice may be given by the notary public who makes the protest.

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Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 Section 100

Title: Protest

State: Central

Year: 1881

When a promissory note or bill of exchange has been dishonoured by non-acceptance or non-payment, the holder may, within a reasonable time, cause such dishonour to be noted and certified by a notary public. Such certificate is called a protest. Protest for better security.--When the acceptor of a bill of exchange has become insolvent, or his credit has been publicly impeached, before the maturity of the bill, the holder may, within a reasonable time, cause a notary public to demand better security of the acceptor, and on its being refused may, with a reasonable time, cause such facts to be noted and certified as aforesaid. Such certificate is called a protest for better security.

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Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 Section 99

Title: Noting

State: Central

Year: 1881

When a promissory note or bill of exchange has been dishonoured by non-acceptance or non-payment, the holder may cause such dishonour to be noted by a notary public upon the instrument, or upon a paper attached thereto, or partly upon each. Such note must be made within a reasonable time after dishonour, and must specify the date of dishonour, the reason, if any, assigned for such dishonour, or, if the instrument has not been expressly dishonoured, the reason why the holder treats it as dishonoured, and the notary's charges.

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