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CHEQUES ACT 1986 - SECT 17

Optional stipulations

  (1)   The drawer of a cheque may, by an express stipulation written on the cheque, waive, as regards the drawer, the right to presentment of the cheque.

  (2)   An indorser of a cheque may, by an express stipulation written on the cheque:

  (a)   negative or limit the indorser's liability on the cheque; or

  (b)   waive, as regards the indorser, the right to presentment of the cheque.

  (3)   A stipulation written on a cheque, being a stipulation of the kind referred to in subsection   ( 1), shall not be taken to affect the rights, duties and liabilities of the drawer and the drawee institution in relation to one another.


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