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Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881

Section 127, NI Act: Payment of cheque crossed specially more than once

Pundora · Published 3 October 2026

Section 127 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, in the Act's own words.

The section

127. Payment of cheque crossed specially more than once.

Where a cheque is crossed specially to more than one banker, except when crossed to an agent for the purpose of collection, the banker on whom it is drawn shall refuse payment thereof.

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 127 (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.