Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) This Act applies only in relation to cheques drawn on or after the day on which this Act comes into operation.
(2) Where a cheque is dated, the cheque shall be conclusively presumed, for the purposes of subsection ( 1), to have been drawn on that day.
(3) Where a cheque is undated, the cheque shall, unless the contrary is proved, be presumed, for the purposes of subsection ( 1), to have been drawn on or after the day on which this Act comes into operation.
(4) Where the drawer of an instrument that is signed, but is
otherwise wanting in a material particular necessary for the instrument to be,
on its face, a complete cheque, delivers the instrument to another person, on
or after the day on which this Act comes into operation, in order that the
instrument may be filled up as a complete cheque, this Act applies in relation
to the filling up of the instrument.