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Bills of Exchange Act 1949 s 22

Bills of Exchange Act 1949 s 22

s 22 Capacity of parties

(1) Capacity to incur liability as a party to a bill is co-extensive with capacity to contract: Provided that nothing in this section shall enable a corporation to make itself liable as drawer; acceptor, or indorser of a bill unless it is competent to it so to do under the law for the time being in force relating to corporations. (2) Where a bill is drawn or indorsed by a minor or corporation having no capacity or power to incur liability on a bill, the drawing or indorsement entitles the holder to receive payment of the bill, and to enforce it against any other party thereto.

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Text as at 1 January 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.

Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).

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