Negotiable Instruments Act Section 97 — When party to whom notice given is dead

CHAPTER VIII OF NOTICE OF DISHONOUR

General

Summary

If a notice about a dishonoured cheque is sent to a person who has died, but the sender did not know about the death at the time, that notice is still considered valid and sufficient.

Official Text

when the party to whom notice of dishonour is dispatched is dead, but the party dispatching the notice is ignorant of his death, the notice is sufficient.