Bills of Exchange Act, 1964 (Act No. 34 of 1964)

Chapter II

Crossed cheques

82. Application of sections 75 to 81 to certain documents other than cheques
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Sections 75 to and including 81 shall also apply to any document issued by a customer of any bank and intended to enable any person to obtain payment on demand of the sum mentioned in such document from such bank (or from any bank, if the document was issued on behalf of the State), and shall so apply as if the said document were a cheque, and the said sections shall mutatis mutandis also apply to any document which—

(a)was issued on behalf of the State;
(b)is drawn upon or addressed to a servant of the State (hereafter in this section called the drawee); and
(c)is intended to enable any person to obtain payment on demand of the sum mentioned in such document from the drawee or from or through a bank,

as if the said document were a cheque and as if the drawee were a bank and the State its customer: Provided that nothing in this section contained shall render any such document a negotiable instrument.

 

[Section 82 substituted by section 39 of Act 56 of 2000.]