Section 45A
Holder's right to duplicate of lost bill.
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.
1[Where a bill of exchange has been lost before it is
over-due, the person who was the holder of it may apply to the drawer to give him another bill of the
same tenor, giving security to the drawer, if required, to indemnify him against all persons whatever in
case the bill alleged to have been lost shall be found again.
If the drawer on request as aforesaid refuses to give such duplicate bill, he may be compelled to do so.]
If the drawer on request as aforesaid refuses to give such duplicate bill, he may be compelled to do so.]
Notes
1. Ins. by Act 2 of 1885, s. 3.