Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CHEQUES ACT 1986 - SECT 53

  (1)   Where a cheque clearly bears across the front of the cheque the addition of:

  (a)   2 parallel transverse lines; or

  (b)   2 parallel transverse lines with the words not negotiable between, or substantially between, the lines;

the addition is a crossing of the cheque, and the cheque is a crossed cheque.

  (2)   Nothing written or placed on a cheque, other than an addition of a kind referred to in subsection   ( 1), is effective as a crossing of the cheque.

  (3)   Without limiting the generality of subsection   ( 2), the addition of the words not negotiable to a cheque otherwise than between, or substantially between, 2 parallel transverse lines across the front of the cheque is not effective as a crossing of the cheque.