Section 123
Cheque crossed generally.
The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881
About this Act
An Act to define and amend the law relating to Promissory Notes, Bills of Exchange and Cheques.
Where a cheque bears across its face an addition of the words
"and company" or any abbreviation thereof, between two parallel transverse lines, or of two parallel
transverse lines simply, either with or without the words "not negotiable," that addition shall be deemed a
crossing, and the cheque shall be deemed to be crossed generally