Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881
1. Short title
This Act may be called the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881.
Local extent, saving of usage relating to hundis, etc.,
commencement: It extends 1to 2[the whole of India 3[* * *]]; but nothing herein
contained affects the 4[Indian Paper Currency Act, 1871 (3 of 1871)], section
21, or affects any local usage relating to any instrument in an oriental
language:
PROVIDED that such usages may be excluded by any words
in the body of the instrument, which indicate an intention that the legal relations
of the parties thereto shall be governed by this Act; and it shall come into
force on the first day of March, 1882.