Annuaire de documentation coloniale comparée, Volume 4

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Établissements généraux d'imprimerie, 1928
 

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Page 593 - deemed to have been served at the time when the letter containing it would be delivered in the ordinary course of post, and in proving such service it shall be sufficient to prove that the letter containing the notice or other
Page 82 - therefor, and for the purpose of lending his name to some other person. (2) An accommodation party is liable on the bill to a holder for value; and it is immaterial whether,' when such holder took the bill, he knew such party to be an accommodation party or not. Holder in due
Page 485 - to a fine not exceeding ten pounds, or in default of payment to imprisonment with or without hard labour for a period not exceeding one month, and in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding twenty-five pounds,
Page 88 - which would dispense with notice of dishonour. Delay in noting or protesting is excused when the delay is caused by circumstances beyond the control of the holder, and not imputable to his default, misconduct, or negligence. When the cause of delay ceases to operate the bill must be noted or protested with reasonable diligence.
Page 82 - or for an illegal consideration, or when he negotiates it in breach of faith, or under such circumstances as amount to a fraud. (3) A holder (whether for value or not) who ' derives his title to a bill through a holder in due course, and who is not himself a party to any fraud or illegality affecting it, has all
Page 85 - for delay or non-presentment for payment. 4-6. (1) Delay in making presentment for payment is excused when the delay is caused by circumstances beyond the control of the holder, and not imputable to his default, misconduct, or negligence. When the cause of delay ceases to operate presentment must bo made with reasonable diligence.
Page 79 - fixed period after date or sight. (2) On or at a fixed period after the occurrence of a specified event which is certain to , happen, though the time of happening may be uncertain. An instrument expressed to be payable on a contingency is not a bill, and the happening | of the
Page 88 - of acceptor. 54. The acceptor of a bill, by accepting it : (1) Engages that he will pay it according to the tenor of his acceptance ; (2) Is precluded from denying to a holder in due course :. (a) The existence of the drawer, the genuineness of his signature, and his capacity and authority to draw the bill
Page 87 - notary making it, and must specify : (a) The person at whose request the bill is protested ; (b) The place and date of protest, the cause or reason for protesting the bill, the demand made, and the answer given, if any, or the fact that the drawee or acceptor could not be found.
Page 93 - crossing on holder. 81. Where a person takes a crossed cheque which bears on it the words « not negotiable », he shall not have and shall not be capable of giving a better title to the cheque than that which the person from whom he took it had.

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