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Act 2031

Negotiable Instruments Law

Applicability of negotiable Instruments

1. Limited application


2. Supplementary application of other laws

Limited application

Instruments--meet the requirements laid down in section 1 of the law

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

2 Important Features of Negotiable Instruments

1. Negotiability


2. Accumulatation of secondary contracts

Negotiability

* pass from 1 person to another

2 kimds/types of instruments

1. Promissory notes


2. Bills of exchange

Promissory notes

2 parties (issuer/payee)

Bills of exchange

3 parties(issuer--drawee'3rdperson/bank'--payee)

Forms of negotiable instruments

1. Common forms (promissory,billsofexchange&bankcheck)


2. Special types

Special types of promissory notes

Certificates of deposits


Bank notes


Due bills


Bonds

Special types of bills of exchange

1. Drafts


2. Trade acceptances


3. Banker's acceptance

Instruments with limited negotiability

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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

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.

Trust receipt

Document of security pursuant

Treasury warrant

Government warrant for the payment of money---public officer/employee

Postal money order

Order for the payment of money to the payee named therein


-subject to restrictions and limitations under postal laws and regulations

Bill of lading

Without an unconditional promise/order to pay a sum certain in money

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

Warehouse receipt

Document of title

Pawn ticket

Not a negotiable instrument

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)

Commercial paper

written promises or obligations that arise out of commercial transactions

Negotiable instruments law

Document should be in existence

Not covered---negotiable instruments

Sales/transfwr of goods

Formal requirements of negotiability

1. Form and content


2. Matters to be considered

Form and content

Negotiable instrument--contractual obligation to pay money

Matters considered

1. Whole of instrument


2. Only what appears on the face of the instrument


3. Meet the requirements of negotiable instruments

Prima facie evidence

Maker/drawer's signature

Not clear

Indorser

Money

--One standard of value in actual business


--medium of exchange

Non-negotiable instruments

Not negotiable


Does not meet the requirements