NI Act Section 98: When notice of dishonour is unnecessary
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 · Chapter 8: Of notice of dishonour
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¶No notice of dishonour is necessary--
¶(a) when it is dispensed with by the party entitled thereto;
¶(b) in order to charge the drawer, when he has countermanded payment;
¶(c) when the party charged could not suffer damage for want of notice;
¶(d) when the party entitled to notice cannot after due search be found; or the party bound to give notice is, for any other reason, unable without any fault of his own to give it;
¶(e) to charge the drawers, when the acceptor is also a drawer;
¶(f) in the case of a promissory note which is not negotiable;
¶(g) when the party entitled to notice, knowing the facts, promises unconditionally to pay the amount due on the instrument.
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