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Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881

Section 57, NI Act: Legal representative cannot by delivery only negotiate instrument indorsed by deceased

Pundora · Published 3 October 2026

Section 57 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, in the Act's own words.

The section

57. Legal representative cannot by delivery only negotiate instrument indorsed by deceased.

The legal representative of a deceased person cannot negotiate by delivery only a promissory note, bill of exchange or cheque payable to order and indorsed by the deceased but not delivered.

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 57 (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.