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Act 2031 |
Negotiable Instruments Law |
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Applicability of negotiable Instruments |
1. Limited application 2. Supplementary application of other laws |
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Limited application |
Instruments--meet the requirements laid down in section 1 of the law |
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Importance of negotiable instructions |
1. Substitute for money 2. Checks-constitute, at present, the media of exchange for most commercial transactions 3. Serve as medium of credit transaction |
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2 Important Features of Negotiable Instruments |
1. Negotiability 2. Accumulatation of secondary contracts |
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Negotiability |
* pass from 1 person to another |
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2 kimds/types of instruments |
1. Promissory notes 2. Bills of exchange |
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Promissory notes |
2 parties (issuer/payee) |
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Bills of exchange |
3 parties(issuer--drawee'3rdperson/bank'--payee) |
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Forms of negotiable instruments |
1. Common forms (promissory,billsofexchange&bankcheck) 2. Special types |
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Special types of promissory notes |
Certificates of deposits Bank notes Due bills Bonds |
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Special types of bills of exchange |
1. Drafts 2. Trade acceptances 3. Banker's acceptance |
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Instruments with limited negotiability |
Lttp bcwp 1. Letter of credit 2. Trust receipt 3. Treasury warrant 4. Postal money order 5. Bill of lading 6. Certificate of stock 7. Warehouse receipt 8. Pawn ticket |
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Letter of credit |
Letter from a merchant/bank/banker in one place, addressed to another place or country. Letter requesting one person to make advances to a third person on the credit of the writer. |
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Trust receipt |
Document of security pursuant |
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Treasury warrant |
Government warrant for the payment of money---public officer/employee |
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Postal money order |
Order for the payment of money to the payee named therein -subject to restrictions and limitations under postal laws and regulations |
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Bill of lading |
Without an unconditional promise/order to pay a sum certain in money |
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Certificate of stock |
Written instrument signed by a proper officer of a corporation stating that the person named therein is the owner---shares of stocks |
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Warehouse receipt |
Document of title |
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Pawn ticket |
Not a negotiable instrument |
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Negotiable instruments requisites: |
1. In writing and signed--maker/drawer 2. Unconditional promise to pay--sum certain amount of money 3. Payable on demand/fixed/determinable future time 4. Payable to order/bearer (specific person) 5. If with drawee--named/identified with certainty (applicable to bills of exchange) |
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Commercial paper |
written promises or obligations that arise out of commercial transactions |
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Negotiable instruments law |
Document should be in existence |
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Not covered---negotiable instruments |
Sales/transfwr of goods |
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Formal requirements of negotiability |
1. Form and content 2. Matters to be considered |
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Form and content |
Negotiable instrument--contractual obligation to pay money |
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Matters considered |
1. Whole of instrument 2. Only what appears on the face of the instrument 3. Meet the requirements of negotiable instruments |
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Prima facie evidence |
Maker/drawer's signature |
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Not clear |
Indorser |
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Money |
--One standard of value in actual business --medium of exchange |
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Non-negotiable instruments |
Not negotiable Does not meet the requirements |