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Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881

Section 14, NI Act: Negotiation

Pundora · Published 3 October 2026

Section 14 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, in the Act's own words.

The section

14. Negotiation.

When a promissory note, bill of exchange or cheque is transferred to any person, so as to constitute that person the holder thereof, the instrument is said to be negotiated.

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 14 (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.