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Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881

Section 12, NI Act: Foreign instrument

Pundora · Published 3 October 2026

Section 12 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, in the Act's own words.

The section

12. Foreign instrument.

Any such instrument not so drawn, made or made payable shall be deemed to be a foreign instrument.

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 12 (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.