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Section 123 - The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
123. Estoppel of acceptor of bill of exchange, bailee or licensee.
No acceptor of a bill of exchange shall be permitted to deny that the drawer had authority to draw such bill or to endorse it; nor shall any bailee or licensee be permitted to deny that his bailor or licensor had, at the time when the bailment or licence commenced, authority to make such bailment or grant such licence.
Explanation 1.-The acceptor of a bill of exchange may deny that the bill was really drawn by the person by whom it purports to have been drawn.
Explanation 2.-If a bailee delivers the goods bailed to a person other than the bailor, he may prove that such person had a right to them as against the bailor.
Related Sections
- Section 163: Testimony to facts stated in document mentioned in section 162
- Section 100: Evidence as to application of language to one of two sets of facts, to neither of which the whole correctly applies
- Section 22: Confession caused by inducement, threat, coercion or promise, when irrelevant in criminal proceeding
- Section 55: Oral evidence to be direct
- Section 151: Court to decide when question shall be asked and when witness compelled to answer
Related Acts
- Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts (Amendment) Act, 2018
- Mental Healthcare Act, 2017
- Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016
- Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019
- Maritime Anti-Piracy Act, 2022
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