Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881

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Section 33

Only drawee can be acceptor except in need or for honour

Chapter 3: Parties to notes, bills and cheques

No person except the drawee of a bill exchange, or all or some of several drawees, or a person named therein as a drawee in case of need, or an acceptor for honour, can bind himself by an acceptance.

The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (Act No. 26 of 1881). From the updated text on India Code, with later amendments. Being checked against the official copy; amendment notes are not shown yet.

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