Section 85: Cheque payable to order.

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

[(1)] Where a cheque payable to order purports to be endorsed by or on behalf of the payee, the drawee is discharged by payment in due course.

[(2) Where a cheque is originally expressed to be payable to bearer, the drawee is discharged by payment in due course to the bearer thereof, notwithstanding any endorsement whether in full or in blank appearing thereon, and notwithstanding that any such endorsement purports to restrict or exclude further negotiation.]

Where this provision sits

Act	The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881
Section	85
Marginal note	Cheque payable to order.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source

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Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

renumbered, Act 17 of 1934. . S. 85 re-numbered as sub-section (1) thereof by Act 17 of 1934, s. 2.
inserted. . Ins. by s. 2, ibid.

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