BILLS OF EXCHANGE ACT 1909 - SECT 45 Time for presenting bill payable after sight
BILLS OF EXCHANGE ACT 1909 - SECT 45
Time for presenting bill payable after sight(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, when a bill payable after sight is negotiated, the holder must either present it for acceptance or negotiate it within a reasonable time.
(2) If the holder does not do so, the drawer and all indorsers prior to that holder are discharged.
(3) In determining what is a reasonable time within the meaning
of this section, regard shall be had to the nature of the bill, the usage of
trade with respect to similar bills, and the facts of the particular case.