Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881
61. Presentment for acceptance
A bill of exchange payable after sight must, if no time or place
is specified therein for presentment, be presented to the drawee thereof for
acceptance, if he can, after reasonable search, be found, by a person entitled
to demand acceptance, within a reasonable time after it is drawn, and in
business hours on a business day. In default of such presentment, no party
thereto is liable thereon to the person making such default. If the drawee
cannot, after reasonable search, be found, the bill is dishonored.
If the bill is directed to drawee at a particular place, it must
be presented at that place, and if at the due- date for presentment he cannot,
after reasonable search, be found thereon, the bill is dishonored.
17[When authorized by agreement or usage, a presentment through
the post office by means of a registered letter is sufficient.]