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Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881

Section 85: Cheque payable to order

Chapter VII — Of Discharge from Liability on Notes, Bills and Cheques

85. [(1)] Where a cheque payable to order purports to be endorsed by or on behalf of the payee, the drawee is discharged by payment in due course.

(2) Where a cheque is originally expressed to be payable to bearer, the drawee is discharged by payment in due course to the bearer thereof, notwithstanding any endorsement whether in full or in blank appearing thereon, and notwithstanding that any such endorsement pu rports to restrict or exclude further negotiation.]

Source: official text of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881.