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Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881

Section 95, NI Act: Party receiving must transmit notice of dishonour

Pundora · Published 3 October 2026

Section 95 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, in the Act's own words.

The section

95. Party receiving must transmit notice of dishonour.

Any party receiving notice of dishonour must, in order to render any prior party liable to himself, give notice of dishonour to such party within a reasonable time, unless such party otherwise receives due notice as provided by section 93.

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 95 (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.