Form and interpretation

3 Bill of exchange defined

4 Inland and foreign bills

5 Effect where different parties to bill are the same person

6 Address to drawee

7 Certainty required as to payee

8 What bills are negotiable

9 Sum payable

10 Bill payable on demand

11 Bill payable at a future time

12 Omission of date in bill payable after date or acceptance after sight

13 Antedating and post-dating

14 Computation of time of payment

15 Case of need

16 Optional stipulations by drawer or indorser

17 Definition and requisites of acceptance

18 Time for acceptance

19 General and qualified acceptances

20 Inchoate instruments

21 Delivery

Capacity and authority of parties

22 Capacity of parties

23 Signature essential to liability

24 Forged or unauthorised signature

25 Procuration signatures

26 Person signing as agent or in representative capacity

Consideration for a bill

27 Value and holder for value

28 Accommodation bill or party

29 Holder in due course

30 Presumption of value and good faith

Negotiation of bills

31 Negotiation of bill

32 Requisites of a valid indorsement

33 Conditional indorsement

34 Indorsement in blank and special indorsement

35 Restrictive indorsement

36 Negotiation of overdue or dishonoured bill

37 Negotiation of bill to party already liable thereon

38 Rights of holder

General duties of holder

39 When presentment for acceptance is necessary

40 Time for presenting bill payable after sight

41 Rules as to presentment for acceptance and excuses for non-presentment

42 Non-acceptance

43 Dishonour by non-acceptance and its consequences

44 Duties as to qualified acceptances

45 Rules as to presentment for payment

46 Excuses for delay or non-presentment for payment

47 Dishonour by non-payment

48 Notice of dishonour and effect of non-notice

49 Rules as to notice of dishonour

50 Excuses for delay in giving notice of dishonour

51 Noting or protest of bill

52 Duties of holder as regards drawee or acceptor

Liabilities of parties

53 Funds in hands of drawee

54 Liability of acceptor

55 Liability of drawer or indorser

56 Stranger signing bill liable as indorser

57 Measure of damages against parties to dishonoured bill

58 Transferor by delivery and transferee

Discharge of bill

59 Payment in due course

60 Banker paying demand draft whereon indorsement is forged

61 Acceptor the holder at maturity

62 Express waiver or renunciation

63 Cancellation

64 Alteration of bill

Acceptance and payment for honour

65 Acceptance for honour supra protest

66 Liability of acceptor for honour

67 Presentment to acceptor for honour

68 Payment for honour supra protest

Lost instruments

69 Holder’s right to duplicate of lost bill

70 Suit on lost bill

Bill in a set

71 Rules as to sets

Conflict of laws

72 Rules where laws conflict