LawgistThe Negotiable Instruments Act
25When day of maturity is a holiday
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: 1*** and any other day declared by the 2[Central Government], by notification in the Official Gazette, to be a public holiday.
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1. The words New Year's day, Christmas day: if either of such days falls on a Sunday, the next following Monday: GoodFriday: omitted by Act 37 of 1955, s. 3 (w.e.f. 1-4-1956).
2. Subs by the A.O. 1937, for L.G.
OF NOTES, BILLS AND CHEQUES
- 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
- 25 When day of maturity is a holiday
