Where one person signs and delivers to another a paper stamped in accordance with the law relating to negotiable instruments then in force in [India], and either wholly blank or having written thereon an incomplete negotiable instrument, he thereby gives prima facie authority to the holder thereof to make or complete, as the case may be, upon it a negotiable instrument, for any amount specified therein and not exceeding the amount covered by the stamp. The person so signing shall be liable upon such instrument, in the capacity in which he signed the same, to any holder in due course for such amount: provided that no person other than a holder in due course shall recover from the person delivering the instrument anything in excess of the amount intended by him to be paid thereunder.
Section 20: Inchoate stamped instruments.
The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881Central Act · Act 26 of 1881
Where this provision sits
| Act | The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 |
|---|---|
| Section | 20 |
| Marginal note | Inchoate stamped instruments. |
| Jurisdiction | Central |
| Status | In force as published by the source |
| Judgments citing it | 41 |
How this provision has been amended
Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.
- substituted, Act 3 of 1951. . Subs. by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Sch., for "the States".
Judgments that turned on this provision
- CRMP/3774/2025 of DINESH BHARTI Vs SUBHASH OGREHigh Court of Chhattisgarh · 2026-02-01
- Cr.M.P./2017/2025 of ARUN KUMAR CHHABRA ALIAS ARUN KR CHHABRA Vs THE STATE OF JHARKHANDHigh Court of Jharkhand · 2025-11-13
- AS/216/2014 of SURESH BAFNA Vs V.MANGAYARKARASI AMMAL (DIED)Madras High Court · 2025-11-03
- APPLN/1702/2025 of MS AMAZING SOFTWARE AGENCY THROUGH PROP. SAMEER GANPATI PADWAL Vs VENKAT MAROTIRAO NAIKWADE AND ANOTHERBombay High Court · 2025-08-11
- APPLN/736/2021 of VINOD POONAMCHAND DARDA Vs SHANKAR DHONDIBA PALKUNTWARBombay High Court · 2021-03-17
- APPLN/1390/2006 of NATWARLAL MOTILAL MEHTA Vs THE STATE OF MAH and ORSBombay High Court · 2017-02-02
- APPLN/3795/2015 of VIJAYKUMAR GULABCHAND BALDAVA Vs GAUTAM PRAKASH KULKARNIBombay High Court · 2016-04-06
- APPLN/1604/2014 of BABURAO RAWAN PATIL Vs SAW.MANGALBAI SURESH PATILBombay High Court · 2015-07-24
- APPLN/861/2015 of JAI MALHAR NAGRI SAHAKARI PAT SANSTHA LTD Vs RAJESH S/O MALLIKAARJUN EKLAREBombay High Court · 2015-07-23
- APPLN/6926/2014 of RAMDAS S/O PATILBAU LATPATE Vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHERBombay High Court · 2015-07-07
- APL/88/2012 of BHAGYODAYA FRIENDS URBAN CO-OP. BANK LTD. THR. MANAGER MILIND SADASHIV SONARE Vs SWAPNIL TRADERS, WARUD, THR. PROP. VASANT RAMKRISHNAJI DEVAGHAREBombay High Court · 2012-08-22
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