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Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881

Section 18, NI Act: Where amount is stated differently in figures and words

Pundora · Published 3 October 2026

Section 18 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, in the Act's own words.

The section

18. Where amount is stated differently in figures and words.

If the amount undertaken or ordered to be paid is stated differently in figures and in words, the amount stated in words shall be the amount undertaken or ordered to be paid.

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 18 (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.