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Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881

Section 146, NI Act: Bank's slip prima facie evidence of certain facts

Pundora · Published 3 October 2026

Section 146 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, in the Act's own words.

The section

146. Bank's slip prima facie evidence of certain facts.

The Court shall, in respect of every proceeding under this Chapter, on production of Bank's slip or memo having thereon the official mark denoting that the cheque has been dishonoured, presume the fact of dishonour of such cheque, unless and until such fact is disproved.

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 146 (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.