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CHAPTER XVI O F I N T E R N A T I O N A L LA W

Section 137: Presumption as to foreign law

The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881

The law of any foreign country 1*** regarding promissory notes, bills of exchange and cheques shall be presumed to be the same as that of 2[India], unless and until the contrary is proved.

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.The words “or the State of Jammu and Kashmir” omitted by Act 62 of 1956, s. 2 and the Schedule.
  2. 2.Subs. by the A.O. 1948, A.O. 1950 and the Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Schedule for “British India”.

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