Section 85
Cheque payable to order.
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[(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[(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.]
2[(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.]
Notes
1. S. 85 re-numbered as sub-section (1) thereof by Act 17 of 1934, s. 2.
2. Ins. by s. 2, ibid.
2. Ins. by s. 2, ibid.