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Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881

Section 68, NI Act: Presentment for payment of instrument payable at specified place and not elsewhere

Pundora · Published 3 October 2026

Section 68 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, in the Act's own words.

The section

68. Presentment for payment of instrument payable at specified place and not elsewhere.

A promissory note, bill of exchange or cheque made, drawn or accepted payable at a specified place and not elsewhere must, in order to charge any party thereto, be presented for payment at that place.

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 68 (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.