Negotiable Instruments Act Section 101 — Contents of protest
CHAPTER IX O F N O T I NG A N D P R O T E S T
General
Summary
A protest document must include the original instrument or a complete copy of it, along with everything written or printed on it. It must also name the person on whose behalf the protest is made and the person against whom it is made. The document must state that the notary public demanded payment, acceptance, or better security from that person, and include the person’s answer if given, or note that no answer was given or that the person could not be found. If the instrument was dishonoured, the protest must record the place and time of dishonour, and if better security was refused, the place and time of that refusal. The notary public must sign the protest, and if there was an acceptance or payment for honour, the protest must name the person who offered or made it, the person for whom it was made, and how it was done. The notary may make the demand in person, through a clerk, or by registered letter if allowed by agreement or usage.
Official Text
A protest under section 100 must contain—
(a) either the instrument itself, or a literal transcript of the instrument and of everything written or printed thereupon;
(b) the name of the person for whom and against whom the instrument has been protested;
(c) a statement that payment or acceptance, or better security, as the case may be, has been demanded of such person by the notary public; the terms of his answer, if any, or a statement that he gave no answer, or that he could not be found;
(d) when the note or bill has been dishonoured, the place and time of dishonour, and, when better security has been refused, the place and time of refusal;
(e) the subscription of the notary public making the protest;
(f) in the event of an acceptance for honour or of a payment for honour, the name of the person by whom, of the person for whom, and the manner in which, such acceptance or payment was offered and effected. 1[A notary public may make the demand mentioned in clause (c) of this section either in person or by his clerk or, where authorized by agreement or usage, by registered letter.]