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Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881

Section 19, NI Act: Instruments payable on demand

Pundora · Published 3 October 2026

Section 19 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, in the Act's own words.

The section

19. Instruments payable on demand.

A promissory note or bill of exchange, in which no time for payment is specified, and a cheque, are payable on demand.

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 19 (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.