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Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881

Section 11, NI Act: Inland instrument

Pundora · Published 3 October 2026

Section 11 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, in the Act's own words.

The section

11. Inland instrument.

A promissory note, bill of exchange or cheque drawn or made in 1[India] and made payable in, or drawn upon any person resident in, 1[India] shall be deemed to be an inland instrument.

The text is India Code's consolidated text as loaded into Pundora's statute corpus on 1 September 2026; a number before a square bracket is India Code's own footnote marker for an amendment. A section quoted in a draft checked by Pundora is checked against this text.

Sources

  1. India Code: Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, section 11 (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.