IEA Section 117: Estoppel of acceptor of bill of exchange, bailee or licensee
Indian Evidence Act, 1872 · Chapter 8: The Burden Of Proof
Repealed on 1 July 2024 and replaced by the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (BSA).
¶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, the may prove that such person had a right to them as against the bailor.
Study: explanations and related material
Now BSA 123 (corresponding section). IEA → BSA converterSource: BPR&D BSA–IEA corresponding section table (UP Police, 2024-07-03), p13
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