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Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881

Section 65, NI Act: Hours for presentment

Pundora · Published 3 October 2026

Section 65 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, in the Act's own words.

The section

65. Hours for presentment.

Presentment for payment must be made during the usual hours of business and, if at a banker's within banking hours.

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 65 (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.