LawgistThe Negotiable Instruments Act
37Maker, drawer and acceptor principals
The maker of a promissory note or cheque, the drawer of a bill of exchange until acceptance, and the acceptor are, in the absence of a contract to the contrary, respectively liable thereon as principal debtors, and the other parties thereto are liable thereon as sureties for the maker, drawer or acceptor, as the case may be.
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PARTIES TO NOTES, BILLS AND CHEQUES
- 26 Capacity to make, etc., promissory notes, etc
- 27 Agency
- 28 Liability of agent signing
- 29 Liability of legal representative signing
- 30 Liability of drawer
- 31 Liability of drawee of cheque
- 32 Liability of maker of note and acceptor of bill
- 33 Only drawee can be acceptor except in need or for honour
- 34 Acceptance by several drawees not partners
- 35 Liability of indorser
- 36 Liability of prior parties to holder in due course
- 37 Maker, drawer and acceptor principals
- 38 Prior party a principal in respect of each subsequent party
- 39 Suretyship
- 40 Discharge of indorser's liability
- 41 Acceptor bound, although, indorsement forged
- 42 Acceptance of bill drawn in fictitious name
- 43 Negotiable instrument made, etc., without consideration
- 44 Partial absence or failure of money-consideration
- 45 Partial failure of consideration not consisting of money
- 45A Holder's right to duplicate of lost bill
