NI Act Section 25: When day of maturity is a holiday
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 · Chapter 2: Of notes, bills and cheques
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¶When the day on which a promissory note or bill of exchange is at maturity is a public holiday, the instrument shall be deemed to be due on the next preceding, business day.
¶Explanation.-- The expression "public holiday" includes Sundays: *** and any other day declared by the [Central Government], by notification in the Official Gazette, to be a public holiday.
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Other sections in this chapter
- 4. ''Promissory note''
- 5. ''Bill of exchange''
- 6. ''Cheque''
- 7. ''Drawer.''
- 8. ''Holder''
- 9. ''Holder in due course''
- 10. ''Payment in due course''
- 11. Inland instrument
- 12. Foreign instrument
- 13. ''Negotiable instrument''
- 14. Negotiation
- 15. Indorsement
- 16. Indorsement ''in blank'' and ''in full''
- 17. Ambiguous instruments
- 18. Where amount is stated differently in figures and words
- 19. Instruments payable on demand
- 20. Inchoate stamped instruments
- 21. ''At sight''
- 22. ''Maturity''
- 23. Calculating maturity of bill or note payable so many months after date or sight
- 24. Calculating maturity of bill or note payable so many days after date or sight