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Section 15 NI Act — Indorsement

The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 · Official PDF page 10

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15. Indorsement.—When the maker or holder of a negotiable instrument signs the same, otherwise than as such maker, for the purpose of negotiation, on the back or face thereof or on a slip of paper annexed thereto, or so signs for th e same purpose a stamped paper intended to be completed as a negotiable instrument, he is said to indorse the same, and is called the “indorser”.

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