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Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881

Section 29, NI Act: Liability of legal representative signing

Pundora · Published 3 October 2026

Section 29 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, in the Act's own words.

The section

29. Liability of legal representative signing.

A legal representative of a deceased person who signs his name to a promissory note, bill of exchange or cheque is liable personally thereon unless he expressly limits his liability to the extent of the assets received by him as such.

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 29 (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.