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CHAPTER XIII S P E C I A L R U L E S O F E V I D E N C E

Section 121: Estoppel against denying capacity of payee to indorse

The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881

No maker of a promissory note and no acceptor of a bill of exchange 1[payable to order] shall, in a suit thereon by a holder in due course, be permitted to deny the payee's capacity, at the date of the note or bill, to indorse the same.

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Subs. by Act 8 of 1919, s. 5, for “payable to, or to the order- of, a specified person”.

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Practise questions on Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881