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CHAPTER XI OF ACCEPTANCE AND PAYMENT FOR HONOUR AND REFERENCE IN CASE OF NEED

Section 113: Payment for honour

The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881

When a bill of exchange has been noted or protested for non-payment, any person may pay the same for the honour of any party liable to pay the same: provided that the person so paying 1[or his agent in that behalf] has previously declared before a notary public the party for whose honour he pays, and that such declaration has been recorded by such notary public.

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Ins. by Act 2 of 1885, s. 9.

Practise questions on Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881