If the maker, drawee or acceptor of a negotiable instrument has no known place of business or fixed residence, and no place is specified in the instrument for presentment for acceptance or payment such presentment may be made to him in person wherever he can be found.
CHAPTER IV OF NEGOTIATION · C H A P T E R V O F P R E S E N T M E N T
Section 71: Presentment when maker, etc., has no known place of business or residence
The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881
Questions on this section
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1. Consider the following statements under Sections 68 to 71 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881: 1. A promissory note made payable at a specified place and not elsewhere must, in order to charge any party to it, be presented for payment at that place. 2. A promissory note made payable at a specified place, but not exclusively, must be presented there in order to charge its maker. 3. Where no place of payment is specified, a promissory note must be presented at the place of business (if any) or usual residence of the maker. 4. Where the maker has no known place of business or fixed residence and no place is specified, presentment is excused and the note is deemed dishonoured. Which of the statements given above are correct?