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Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881

Section 50, NI Act: Effect of indorsement

Pundora · Published 3 October 2026

Section 50 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, in the Act's own words.

The section

50. Effect of indorsement.

The indorsement of a negotiable instrument followed by delivery transfers to the indorsee the property therein with the right of further negotiation; but the indorsement may, by express words, restrict or exclude such right, or may merely constitute the indorsee an agent to indorse the instrument, or to receive its contents for the indorser, or for some other specified person. Illustrations B signs the following indorsements on different negotiable instruments payable to bearer.-- (a) "Pay the contents to C only". (b) "Pay C for my use." (c) "Pay C or order for the account of B." (d) "the within must be credited to C." These indorsements exclude the right of further negotiation by C. (e) "Pay C." (f) "Pay C value in account with the Oriental Bank." (g) "Pay the contents to C, being part of the consideration in a certain deed of assignment executed by C to the indorser and others." These indorsements do not exclude the right of further negotiation by C.

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 50 (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.