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Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881

Section 108, NI Act: Acceptance for honour

Pundora · Published 3 October 2026

Section 108 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, in the Act's own words.

The section

108. Acceptance for honour.

When a bill of exchange has been noted or protested for nonacceptance or for better security, any person not being a party already liable thereon may, with the consent of the holder, by writing on the bill, accept the same for the honour of any party thereto. 1***

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 108 (read 1 September 2026)

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