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Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881

Section 136, NI Act: Instrument made, etc., out of India, but in accordance with the law of India

Pundora · Published 3 October 2026

Section 136 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, in the Act's own words.

The section

136. Instrument made, etc., out of India, but in accordance with the law of India.

If a negotiable instrument is made, drawn, accepted or indorsed 1[outside India], but in accordance with the 2[law of India], the circumstances that any agreement evidenced by such instrument is invalid according to the law of the country wherein it was entered into does not invalidate any subsequent acceptance or indorsement made thereon 3[within India].

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 136 (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.