Section 8: ''Holder''.

The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881Central Act · Act 26 of 1881

The "holder" of a promissory note, bill of exchange or cheque means any person entitled in his own name to the possession thereof and to receive or recover the amount due thereon from the parties thereto.

Where the note, bill or cheque is lost or destroyed, its holder is the person so entitled at the time of such loss or destruction.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881
Section	8
Marginal note	''Holder''.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source
Judgments citing it	5

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