Negotiable Instruments Act Section 73 — Presentment of cheque to charge any other person

CHAPTER IV OF NEGOTIATION

General

Summary

For a cheque to make anyone other than the person who wrote it (the drawer) legally responsible for payment, that cheque must be presented to the bank within a reasonable time after it was given to that person. If the cheque is not presented within that reasonable period, the person who gave it may not be held liable. The law does not define exactly what counts as a reasonable time here.

Official Text

A cheque must, in order to charge any person except the drawer, be presented within a reasonable time after delivery thereof by such person.