Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881
Section 91, NI Act: Dishonour by non-acceptance
Section 91 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, in the Act's own words.
The section
91. Dishonour by non-acceptance.
A bill of exchange is said to be dishonoured by non-acceptance when the drawee, or one of several drawees not being partners, makes default in acceptance upon being duly required to accept the bill, or where presentment is excused and the bill is not accepted. Where the drawee is incompetent to contract, or the acceptance is qualified the bill may be treated as dishonoured.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
- India Code: Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, section 91 (read 1 September 2026)