Revenue Act, 1883

Part III.

Miscellaneous.

[S. 16 rep. 61 & 62 Vict. c. 22 (S.L.R.)]

Extension of 45 & 46 Vict. c. 61. ss. 76 to 82 and 24 & 25 Vict. c. 98. s. 25.

17. Sections seventy-six to eighty-two, both inclusive, of the Bills of Exchange Act, 1882, and section twenty-five of the Forgery Act, 1861, shall extend to any document issued by a customer of any banker, and intended to enable any person or body corporate to obtain payment from such banker of the sum mentioned in such document, and shall so extend in like manner as if the said document were a cheque.

Provided that nothing in this Act shall be deemed to render any such document a negotiable instrument.

For the purpose of this section Her Majesty's Paymaster General, and the Queen's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer in Scotland shall be deemed to be bankers, and the public officers drawing on them shall be deemed customers.

Annuities Redemption.