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Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881

Section 140, NI Act: Defence which may not be allowed in any prosecution under section 138

Pundora · Published 3 October 2026

Section 140 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, in the Act's own words.

The section

140. Defence which may not be allowed in any prosecution under section 138.

It shall not be a defence in a prosecution for an offence under section 138 that the drawer had no reason to believe when he issued the cheque that the cheque may be dishonoured on presentment for the reasons stated in that section.

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 140 (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.