Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A cheque is an unconditional order in writing that:
(a) is addressed by a person to another person, being a financial institution; and
(b) is signed by the person giving it; and
(c) requires the financial institution to pay on demand a sum certain in money.
Note: In this Act, financial institution has a restricted meaning--see the definition in subsection 3(1).
(2) An instrument that does not comply with subsection (
1), or that orders any act to be done in addition to the payment of money, is
not a cheque.