BILLS OF EXCHANGE ACT 1909 - SECT 33 Accommodation bill or party
BILLS OF EXCHANGE ACT 1909 - SECT 33
Accommodation bill or party(1) An accommodation party to a bill is a person who has signed a bill as drawer, acceptor, or indorser, without receiving value therefor, and for the purpose of lending his or her name to some other person.
(2) An accommodation party is liable on the bill to a holder for
value; and it is immaterial whether, when such holder took the bill, he or she
knew such party to be an accommodation party or not.