| 1 | Short title |
| 2 | [Repealed.] |
| 3 | Interpretation-clause |
| 4 | ''Promissory note'' |
| 5 | ''Bill of exchange'' |
| 6 | ''Cheque'' |
| 7 | ''Drawer.'' |
| 8 | ''Holder'' |
| 9 | ''Holder in due course'' |
| 10 | ''Payment in due course'' |
| 11 | Inland instrument |
| 12 | Foreign instrument |
| 13 | ''Negotiable instrument'' |
| 14 | Negotiation |
| 15 | Indorsement |
| 16 | Indorsement ''in blank'' and ''in full'' |
| 17 | Ambiguous instruments |
| 18 | Where amount is stated differently in figures and words |
| 19 | Instruments payable on demand |
| 20 | Inchoate stamped instruments |
| 21 | ''At sight'' |
| 22 | ''Maturity'' |
| 23 | Calculating maturity of bill or note payable so many months after date or sight |
| 24 | Calculating maturity of bill or note payable so many days after date or sight |
| 25 | When day of maturity is a holiday |
| 26 | Capacity to make, etc., promissory notes, etc |
| 27 | Agency |
| 28 | Liability of agent signing |
| 29 | Liability of legal representative signing |
| 30 | Liability of drawer |
| 31 | Liability of drawee of cheque |
| 32 | Liability of maker of note and acceptor of bill |
| 33 | Only drawee can be acceptor except in need or for honour |
| 34 | Acceptance by several drawees not partners |
| 35 | Liability of indorser |
| 36 | Liability of prior parties to holder in due course |
| 37 | Maker, drawer and acceptor principals |
| 38 | Prior party a principal in respect of each subsequent party |
| 39 | Suretyship |
| 40 | Discharge of indorser's liability |
| 41 | Acceptor bound, although, indorsement forged |
| 42 | Acceptance of bill drawn in fictitious name |
| 43 | Negotiable instrument made, etc., without consideration |
| 44 | Partial absence or failure of money-consideration |
| 45 | Partial failure of consideration not consisting of money |
| 45A | Holder's right to duplicate of lost bill |
| 46 | Delivery |
| 47 | Negotiation by delivery |
| 48 | Negotiation by indorsement |
| 49 | Conversion of indorsement in blank into indorsement in full |
| 50 | Effect of indorsement |
| 51 | Who may negotiate |
| 52 | Indorser who excludes his own liability or makes it conditional |
| 53 | Holder deriving title from holder in due course |
| 54 | Instrument indorsed in blank |
| 55 | Conversion of indorsement in blank into indorsement in full |
| 56 | Indorsement for part of sum due |
| 57 | Legal representative cannot by delivery only negotiate instrument indorsed by deceased |
| 58 | Instrument obtained by unlawful means or for unlawful consideration |
| 59 | Instrument acquired after dishonour or when overdue |
| 60 | Instrument negotiable till payment or satisfaction |
| 61 | Presentment for acceptance |
| 62 | Presentment of promissory note for sight |
| 63 | Drawee's time for deliberation |
| 64 | Presentment for payment |
| 65 | Hours for presentment |
| 66 | Presentment for payment of instrument payable after date or sight |
| 67 | Presentment for payment of promissory note payable by instalments |
| 68 | Presentment for payment of instrument payable at specified place and not elsewhere |
| 69 | Instrument payable at specified place |
| 70 | Presentment where no exclusive place specified |
| 71 | Presentment when maker, etc., has no known place of business or residence |
| 72 | Presentment of cheque to charge drawer |
| 73 | Presentment of cheque to charge any other person |
| 74 | Presentment of instrument payable on demand |
| 75 | Presentment by or to agent, representative of deceased, or assignee of insolvent |
| 75A | Excuse for delay in presentment for acceptance or payment |
| 76 | When presentment unnecessary |
| 77 | Liability of banker for negligently dealing with bill presented for payment |
| 78 | To whom payment should be made |
| 79 | Interest when rate specified |
| 80 | Interest when no rate specified |
| 81 | Delivery of instrument on payment or indemnity in case of loss |
| 82 | Discharge from liability |
| 83 | Discharge by allowing drawee more than forty-eight hours to accept |
| 84 | When cheque not duly presented and drawer damaged thereby |
| 85 | Cheque payable to order |
| 85A | Drafts drawn by one branch of a bank on another payable to order |
| 86 | Parties not consenting discharged by qualified or limited acceptance |
| 87 | Effect of material alteration |
| 88 | Acceptor or indorser bound notwithstanding previous alteration |
| 89 | Payment of instrument on which alteration is not apparent |
| 90 | Extinguishment of rights of action on bill in acceptor's hands |
| 91 | Dishonour by non-acceptance |
| 92 | Dishonour by non-payment |
| 93 | By and to whom notice should be given |
| 94 | Mode in which notice may be given |
| 95 | Party receiving must transmit notice of dishonour |
| 96 | Agent for presentment |
| 97 | When party to whom notice given is dead |
| 98 | When notice of dishonour is unnecessary |
| 99 | Noting |
| 100 | Protest |
| 101 | Contents of protest |
| 102 | Notice of protest |
| 103 | Protest for non-payment after dishonour by non-acceptance |
| 104 | Protest of foreign bills |
| 104A | When noting equivalent to protest |
| 105 | Reasonable time |
| 106 | Reasonable time of giving notice of dishonour |
| 107 | Reasonable time for transmitting such notice |
| 108 | Acceptance for honour |
| 109 | How acceptance for honour must be made |
| 110 | Acceptance not specifying for whose honour it is made |
| 111 | Liability of acceptor for honour |
| 112 | When acceptor for honour may be charged |
| 113 | Payment for honour |
| 114 | Right of payer for honour |
| 115 | Drawee in case of need |
| 116 | Acceptance and payment without protest |
| 117 | Rules as to compensation |
| 118 | Presumptions as to negotiable instruments |
| 119 | Presumption on proof of protest |
| 120 | Estoppel against denying original validity of instrument |
| 121 | Estoppel against denying capacity of payee to indorse |
| 122 | Estoppel against denying signature or capacity of prior party |
| 123 | Cheque crossed generally |
| 124 | Cheque crossed specially |
| 125 | Crossing after issue |
| 126 | Payment of cheque crossed generally |
| 127 | Payment of cheque crossed specially more than once |
| 128 | Payment in due course of crossed cheque |
| 129 | Payment of crossed cheque out of due course |
| 130 | Cheque bearing ''not negotiable'' |
| 131 | Non-liability of banker receiving payment of cheque |
| 131A | Application of Chapter to drafts |
| 132 | Set of bills |
| 133 | Holder of first acquired part entitled to |
| 134 | Law governing liability of maker, acceptor or indorser of foreign instrument |
| 135 | Law of place of payment governs dishonour |
| 136 | Instrument made, etc., out of India, but in accordance with the law of India |
| 137 | Presumption as to foreign law |
| 138 | Dishonour of cheque for insufficiency, etc., of funds in the account |
| 139 | Presumption in favour of holder |
| 140 | Defence which may not be allowed in any prosecution under section 138 |
| 141 | Offences by companies |
| 142 | Cognizance of offences |
| 142A | Validation for transfer of pending cases |
| 143 | Power of Court to try cases summarily |
| 143A | Power to direct interim compensation |
| 144 | Mode of service of summons |
| 145 | Evidence on affidavit |
| 146 | Bank's slip prima facie evidence of certain facts |
| 147 | Offences to be compoundable |
| 148 | Power of Appellate Court to order payment pending appeal against conviction |