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Section 103, NI Act: Protest for non-payment after dishonour by non-acceptance

Pundora · Published 3 October 2026

Section 103 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, in the Act's own words.

The section

103. Protest for non-payment after dishonour by non-acceptance.

All bills of exchange drawn payable at some other place than the place mentioned as the residence of the drawee, and which are dishonoured by non-acceptance, may, without further presentment to the drawee, be protested for nonpayment, in the place specified for payment, unless paid before or at maturity.

The text is India Code's consolidated text as loaded into Pundora's statute corpus on 1 September 2026. A section quoted in a draft checked by Pundora is checked against this text.

Sources

  1. India Code: Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, section 103 (read 1 September 2026)

The Act's own words, from India Code. If the text here differs from the Gazette, the Gazette governs; write to contact@pundora.in and it will be corrected and dated.