Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Where a person signs a cheque, otherwise than as the drawer or an indorser, intending to become liable on the cheque, the provisions of this Act (other than sections 25, 26 and 27 and subsection 28(2)) apply, mutatis mutandis , to the person as if the person were an indorser and the person's signature were an indorsement.
(2) A person who signs a cheque shall, for the purposes of subsection ( 1):
(a) as regards a holder in due course--be conclusively presumed to have signed the cheque intending to become liable on the cheque; or
(b) as regards a holder who is not a holder in due course--be presumed, unless the contrary is proved, to have signed the cheque intending to become liable on the cheque;
unless it is apparent, on the face of the cheque, that the person did not sign the cheque intending to become liable on the cheque.