Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CHEQUES ACT 1986 - SECT 16

  (1)   Where a cheque, or any indorsement of a cheque, is dated, the date shall, unless the contrary is proved, be presumed to be the day on which the cheque was drawn or the indorsement made, as the case may be.

  (2)   A cheque is not invalid by reason only that:

  (a)   it is not dated;

  (b)   it is antedated or post - dated; or

  (c)   the date it bears is a Sunday.

  (3)   For the purpose of determining whether a post - dated instrument is a cheque, the fact that the instrument is post - dated shall be disregarded.

  (4)   A cheque is not incomplete or irregular on its face by reason only that it is post - dated (whether or not the date has arrived).