Singapore legislation

Clause 5

of Bills of Exchange (Amendment) Bill

Clause 5

New section 81A

The principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after section 81, the following section:“Non-transferable cheques81A.—

(1)

Where a cheque is crossed and bears across its face the words “account payee” or “a/c payee”, either with or without the word “only”, the cheque shall not be transferable, but shall only be valid as between the parties thereto.(2) For the purposes of section 80, a banker is not to be treated as having been negligent by reason only of his failure to concern himself with any purported indorsement of a cheque which under subsection (1) or otherwise is not transferable.”.