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BILLS OF EXCHANGE ORDINANCE
(CHAPTER 19)
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
ion
I PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS
hort title
nterpretation
II BILLS OF EXCHANGE
and Interpretation
efinition of bill of exchange
nland and foreign bills
ffect where different parties to bill are the same person
ddress to drawee
ertainty required as to payee
hat bills are negotiable
um payable
Bill payable on demand
Bill payable at future time
Omission of date in bill payable after date
Ante-dating and post-dating
Computation of time of payment
Referee in case of need
Optional stipulations by drawer or indorser
Definition and requisites of acceptance
Time for acceptance
General and qualified acceptance
Inchoate instruments
Delivery
city and authority of parties
Capacity of parties
Signature essential to liability
Forged or unauthorized signature
Procuration signature
Person signing as agent or in representative capacity
Corporate signatures
ideration for bill
Value and holder for value
Accommodation party
Holder in due course
Presumption of value and good faith
tiation of bill
Negotiation of bill
Requisites of valid indorsement
Conditional indorsement
Indorsement in blank and special indorsement
Restrictive indorsement
Negotiation of overdue or dishonoured bill
Negotiation of bill to party already liable thereon
Rights and powers of holder
ral duties of the holder
When presentment for acceptance is necessary
Time for presenting bill payable after sight
Rules as to presentment for acceptance, and excuses for non-
entment
Non-acceptance
Dishonour by non-acceptance and its consequences
Duties as to qualified acceptances
Rules as to presentment for payment
Excuses for delay or non-presentment for payment
Dishonour by non-payment
Notice of dishonour and effect of non-notice
Rules as to notice of dishonour
Excuses for non-notice and delay
Noting or protest of bill
Duties of holder as regards drawee or acceptor
ilities of parties
Funds in hands of drawee
Liability of acceptor
Liability of drawer or indorser
Stranger signing bill liable as indorser
Measure of damages against parties to dishonoured bill
Transferor by delivery and transferee
harge of bill
Payment in due course
Banker paying demand draft whereon indorsement is forged
Acceptor the holder at maturity
Express waiver
Cancellation
Alteration of bill
ptance and payment for honour
Acceptance for honour supra protest
Liability of acceptor for honour
Presentment to acceptor for honour
Payment for honour supra protest Lost instrument
Holder's right to duplicate of lost bill
Action on lost bill
in a set
Rules as to bill in set
lict of laws
Rules where laws conflict
III CHEQUES ON A BANKER
Definition of cheque
Presentment of cheque for payment
Revocation of banker's authority Crossed cheques
Definition of general and special crossings
Crossing by drawer or after issue
Crossing a material part of cheque
Duties of banker as to crossed cheque
Protection to banker and drawer where cheque is crossed
Effect of crossing on holder
Drafts on bankers payable to order on demand sufficient authority
for
ent without proof of indorsement
Protection of bankers paying unindorsed or irregularly indorsed
ues, etc.
Rights of bankers collecting cheques not indorsed by
ers
Unindorsed cheques as evidence of payment
Protection of bankers collecting payment of cheques, etc.
Application of provisions of this part to instruments not being
bills
xchange
Saving
IV PROMISSORY NOTES
Definition of promissory note
Delivery necessary
Joint and several notes
Note payable on demand
Presentment for payment
Liability of maker
Application of Part II to notes
V SUPPLEMENTARY
Good faith
Signature
Computation of time
When noting equivalent to protest
Protest when notary not accessible
Crossing of dividend warrant
Saving
dule. Form of protest, without notary
odify the law relating to bills of exchange, cheques and
promissory
s. [4 May 1885]
PART I PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS
ed 51 of 1911; 63 of 1911 Schedule)
hort title
Ordinance may be cited as the Bills of Exchange Ordinance.
nded 5 of 1924 s. 6)
1882 c. 61 s. 1U. K.]
nterpretation
his Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires--
eptance" means an acceptance completed by delivery or
notification;
ion" means action or suit and includes counterclaim and set-off;
ker" includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or
not, who
y on the business of banking;
krupt" includes any person whose estate is vested in a
trustee or
gnee under the law relating to bankruptcy; (Amended 50 of 1911;
62 of
Schedule)
rer" means the person in possession of a bill or note
h is payable to bearer;
l" means bill of exchange, and "note"
s promissory note;
ivery" means transfer of possession, actual or
tructive, from one person to another;
eral holiday" has the same meaning as in the Holidays Ordinance
(Cap.
; (Added 5 of 1912 s. 8)
der" means the payee or indorsee of a bill or note who
is in
ession of it, or the bearer thereof;
orsement" means an indorsement completed by delivery;
ue" means the first delivery of a bill or note, complete in form,
to a
on who takes it as a holder;
son" includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not;
ue" means valuable consideration.
nded 43 of 1912 Schedule)
1882 c. 61 s. 2 U. K.]
PART II BILLS OF EXCHANGE
nded 51 of 1911; 63 of 1911 Schedule)
and Interpretation
efinition of bill of exchange
A bill of exchange is an unconditional order in writing, addressed
by
person to another, signed by the person giving it,
requiring the
on to whom it is addressed to pay on demand or at a
fixed or
rminable future time a sum certain in money to, or to the order
of, a
ified person or to bearer.
An instrument which does not comply with these conditions, or
which
rs any act to be done in addition to the payment of money, is
not a
of exchange.
An order to pay out of a particular fund is not
nditional within the meaning of this section; but an unqualified
order
ay, coupled with--
an indication of a particular fund out of which the drawee
is to
burse himself or a particular account to be debited with the
amount;
a statement of the transaction which gives rise to the
bill, is
nditional.
A bill is not invalid by reason--
that it is not dated;
that it does not specify the value given or that any value has
been
n therefor;
that it does not specify the place where it is drawn
he place where it is payable.
1882 c. 61 s. 3 U. K.]
nland and foreign bills
An inland bill is a bill which is or on the face of it purports
to be-
both drawn and payable within the Colony; or
drawn within the Colony, upon some person resident therein.
Any other bill is a foreign bill.
Unless the contrary appears on the face of the bill, the holder
may
t it as an inland bill.
1882 c. 61 s. 4 U. K.]
ffect where different parties to bill are the same person
A bill may be drawn payable to, or to the order of, the drawer;
or it
be drawn payable to, or to the order of, the drawee.
Where, in a bill, drawer and drawee are the same person, or where
the
ee is a fictitious person or a person not having capacity to
contract,
holder may treat the instrument, at his option, either as a
bill of
ange or as a promissory note. [cf. 1882 c. 61 s. 5 U. K.]
ddress to drawee
The drawee must be named or otherwise indicated in a
bill with
onable certainty.
A bill may be addressed to two or more drawees,
her they are partners or not, but an order addressed to two drawees
in
alternative, or to two or more drawees in succession, is not a
bill of
ange.
1882 c. 61 s. 6 U. K.]
ertainty required as to payee
Where a bill is not payable to bearer, the payee must be
named or
rwise indicated therein with reasonable certainty.
A bill may be made payable to two or more payees jointly, or it
may be
payable in the alternative to one of two or one or some of
several
es. A bill may also be made payable to the bolder of an office
for the
being.
Where the payee is a fictitious or non-existing person, the bill
may
reated as payable to bearer.
1882 c. 61 s. 7 U. K.]
hat bills are negotiable
Where a bill contains words prohibiting transfer, or
indicating an
ntion that it should not be transferable, it is valid as between
the
ies thereto, but is not negotiable.
A negotiable bill may be payable either to order or to bearer.
A bill is payable to bearer which is expressed to be so payable,
or on
h the only or last indorsement is an indorsement in blank.
A bill is payable to order which is expressed to be so payable,
or
h is expressed to be payable to a particular person, and
does not
ain words prohibiting transfer or indicating an intention
that it
ld not be transferable.
Where a bill, either originally or by
rsement, is expressed to be payable to the order of a
specified
on, and not to him or his order, it is nevertheless payable to
him or
order at his option.
1882 c. 61 s. 8 U. K.]
um payable
The sum payable by a bill is a sum certain within the meaning of
this
nance, although it is required to be paid--
with interest;
by stated instalments;
by stated instalments, with a provision that, upon default in
payment
ny instalment, the whole shall become due;
according to an indicated rate of exchange or according to a rate
of
ange to be ascertained as directed by the bill.
Where the sum payable is expressed in words and also in figures,
and
e is a discrepancy between the two, the sum denoted by the words
is
amount payable.
Where a bill is expressed to be payable with
rest, unless the instrument otherwise provides, interest runs
from the
of the bill, and, if the bill is undated, from the issue thereof.
1882 c. 61 s. 9 U. K.]
Bill payable on demand
A bill is payable on demand--
which is expressed to be payable on demand, or at sight,
or on
entation; or
in which no time for payment is expressed.
Where a bill is accepted or indorsed when it is overdue, it shall,
as
rds the acceptor who so accepts or any indorser who so indorses
it, be
ed a bill payable on demand.
1882 c. 61 s. 10 U. K.]
Bill payable at future time
A bill is payable at a determinable future time within the meaning
of
Ordinance which is expressed to be payable--
at a fixed period after date or sight;
on or at a fixed period after the occurrence of a specified
event
h 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,
the happening of the event does not cure the defect.
1882 c. 61 s. 11 U. K.]
Omission of date in bill payable after date
e a bill expressed to be payable at a fixed period after
date is
ed undated, or where the acceptance of a bill payable at a
fixed
od after sight is undated, any holder may insert therein the true
date
ssue or acceptance, and the bill shall be payable
accordingly:
ided that--
where the holder in good faith and by mistake inserts a wrong
date;
n every case where a wrong date is inserted, if the bill
equently comes into the hands of a holder in due course, the
bill
l not be avoided thereby, but shall operate and be payable as if
the
so inserted had been the true date. [cf. 1882 c. 61 s. 12 U. K.]
Ante-dating and post-dating
Where a bill or an acceptance or any indorsement on a bill is
dated,
date shall, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed to be the
true
of the drawing, acceptance, or indorsement, as the case may be.
A bill is not invalid by reason only that it is ante-dated or
post-
d, or that it bears date on a Sunday or any other general holiday.
nded 5 of 1912 s. 8) [cf. 1882 c. 61 s. 13 U. K.]
Computation of time of payment
e a bill is not payable on demand, the day on which it falls due
is
rmined as follows--
the bill is due and payable in all cases on the last day of the
time
ayment as fixed by the bill or, if that is a general holiday, on
the
eeding business day; (Replaced 67 of 1972 s. 2) [cf. 1971 c. 80
s. 3
U. K.]
where a bill is payable at a fixed period after date, after sight,
or
r the happening of a specified event, the time of
payment is
rmined by excluding the day from which the time is to begin to
run and
ncluding the day of payment;
where a bill is payable at a fixed
od after sight, the time begins to run form the date of the
acceptance
he bill is accepted, and from the date of noting or protest if
the
is noted or protested for non-acceptance or for non-delivery;
the
"month" in a bill means calendar month.
1882 c. 61 s. 14 U. K.]
Referee in case of need
drawer of a bill and any indorser may insert therein the name
of a
on to whom the holder may resort in case of need, that is to say,
in
the bill is dishonoured by non-acceptance or non-payment. Such
person
alled the referee in case of need. It is in the option of the
holder
esort to the referee in case of need or not, as he may think fit.
1882 c. 61 s. 15 U. K.]
Optional stipulations by drawer or indorser
drawer of a bill and any indorser may insert therein an
express
ulation--
negativing or limiting his own liability to the holder;
waiving, as regards himself, some or all of the holder's duties.
[cf.
c. 61 s. 16 U. K.]
Definition and requisites of acceptance
The acceptance of a bill is the signification by the drawee of
his
nt to the order of the drawer.
An acceptance is invalid unless it complies with the
following
itions, namely--
it must be written on the bill and be signed by
drawee. The mere signature of the drawee, without additional
words, is
icient;
it must not express that the drawee will perform his promise by
any
r means than the payment of money.
1882 c. 61 s. 17 U. K.]
Time for acceptance
A bill may be accepted--
before it has been signed by the drawer, or while
otherwise
mplete;
when it is overdue, or after it has been dishonoured by a
ious refusal to accept or by non-payment.
When a bill payable after sight is dishonoured by non-acceptance,
and
drawee subsequently accepts it, the holder, in the absence
of any
erent agreement, is entitled to have the bill accepted as of the
date
irst presentment of the drawee for acceptance.
nded 51 of 1911; 63 of 1911 Schedule)
1882 c. 61 s. 18 U. K.]
General and qualified acceptance
An acceptance is either (a) general; or (b) qualified.
A general acceptance assents without qualification to the order
of the
er. A qualified acceptance in express terms varies the effect of
the
as drawn.
In particular, an acceptance is qualified which is--
conditional, that is to say, which makes payment by the
acceptor
ndent on the fulfilment of a condition therein stated,
partial, that is to say, an acceptance to pay part only of the
amount
which the bill is drawn;
local, that is to say, an acceptance to pay only at a
particular
ified place; an acceptance to pay at a particular place is a
general
ptance, unless it expressly states that the bill is to be paid
there
and not elsewhere;
qualified as to time;
the acceptance of some one or more of the drawees, but not of all.
1882 c. 61 s. 19 U. K.]
Inchoate instruments
Where a simple signature on a blank paper is delivered by the
signer
rder that it may be converted into a bill, it operates as a
prima
e authority to fill it up as a complete bill for any amount, using
the
ature for that of the drawer, or the acceptor, or an indorser;
and, in
manner, when a bill is wanting in any material particular, the
person
ossession of it has a prima facie authority to fill up the omission
in
way he thinks fit. (Amended 31 of 1981 s. 65)
In order that any such instrument, when completed, may be
enforceable
nst any person who became a party thereto prior to its completion,
it
be filled up within a reasonable time and strictly in accordance
with
authority given. Reasonable time for this purpose is a
question of
: Provided that if any such instrument after completion is
negotiated
holder in due course, it shall be valid and effectual
for all
oses in his hands, and he may enforce it as if it had been filled
up
in a reasonable time and strictly in accordance with the
authority
n. [cf. 1882 c. 61 s. 20 U. K.]
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案情：
2001年6月28日下午，黄仁胜经人介绍在枫江镇下花园村收购菜枯，村民黄树根向黄仁胜表示他家有菜枯出卖，两人就菜枯的质量、价格达成一致意见。当日下午，黄仁胜已在另一农户王友生家收购了67包菜枯，用红绳扎口，装在货车里层；之后，黄仁胜在黄树根家收购74包菜枯，价格3840元，用白绳扎口，装在汽车的中间层。当晚，黄仁胜又在邻村周安庆家收购了134包菜枯，用红绳扎口，装在汽车最外层。黄仁胜在王、黄、周三家购买菜枯时，未在现场监督装包，货装好后，也未对菜枯质量进行验收。黄仁胜在付清三家货款后，即同司机胡建育、廖建军赶夜将货物运至南昌县陈桃元处销售，途中未停车休息。6月29日凌晨5时卸货时，陈桃元发现黄树根家白绳扎口的麻袋中的菜枯掺有砂子。黄仁胜只好将白绳扎口的74包菜枯运回吉水，并因此造成实际损失1500元。此后，黄仁胜向法院起诉，要求黄树根退回货款3840元和赔偿损失2300元。
意见分歧：本案在审理过程中，存在两种不?饧??
一种意见认为：黄树根无过错，不应当退回货款和赔偿损失。标的物的所有权自标的物交付时起转移，但法律另有规定或当事人另有约定的除外。本案的标的物（菜枯）属普通标的物，且当事人未另约定，故买受人黄仁胜将货款交付给出卖人黄树根，黄树根将菜枯交付给黄仁胜时，标的物（菜枯）的所有权也就转移到黄仁胜手中。依据《合同法》规定，黄仁胜在接受货物时应当对货物（菜枯）的质量及时检验。本案的买受人黄仁胜怠于行使质量检验权，对于因未检验而产生的质量不合格的所有损失均应由买受人黄仁胜承担。作为出卖人黄树根在将货物交付给黄仁胜后，就不再对货物的质量有保证的义务。再说本案的买受人黄仁胜还收购了除黄树根外另两家的菜枯，三家的菜枯已混同，不能只凭用何种颜色的绳子扎口和司机的证言就能证实质量不合格的菜枯系黄树根家所有，故本案黄树根无过错，不承担责任，法院应驳回黄仁胜的诉讼请求。
第二种意见认为：黄树根承担违约责任，应当退还所收取黄仁胜的货款，并且对黄仁胜的损失承担主要的赔偿责任。
评析：
笔者同意第二种意见，其理由如下：
黄仁胜所收购的菜枯中，只有黄树根家装菜枯的麻包用白绳扎口，并且司机胡建育、廖建军证实汽车自吉水出发后，途中未曾停车休息和移动麻包，又有第三人陈桃元等人证实白绳扎口麻包的菜枯中掺有砂子，以上证据足可证实出卖人黄树根在自家的菜枯中掺了砂子。我国产品质量法规定，销售者销售产品，不得掺杂、掺假；合同法规定，质量不符合约定，应当承担违约责任。黄树根故意在其销售的菜枯中掺有砂子，以次充好，其行为已违反了产品质量法的规定及与买受人黄仁胜之间的约定，是一种违约行为，并因此使黄仁胜无法将掺砂的菜枯卖出，对此，出卖人黄树根应当承担违约责任，退回所收取的3840元货款给买受人黄仁胜，黄仁胜可将货物（菜枯）返还给黄树根。合同法还规定，因当事人一方履行合同不符合约定的，致对方有其他损失的应当赔偿。对于因质量不合格的原因，买受人黄仁胜将黄树根的货物（菜枯）重新运回吉水的损失，考虑到此损失与买受人黄仁胜怠于行使对产品的质量检验权有一定的因果关系，买受人黄仁胜有一定的过错，可由黄仁胜对此损失负次要的民事责任。出卖人黄树根违反诚信原则，故意掺假，以次充好，是造成货物（菜枯）不能卖出的主要原因，故对买受人黄仁胜的损失，出卖人黄树根应当承担主要的赔偿责任。当然，对买受人黄仁胜所遭受的损失应当以法院查明的实际损失1500元为准。
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