Regulation 71

Subject to this rule, all cheques shall be crossed.

Where the payee requests for payment in cash or by uncrossed cheque, the cashier responsible for payment shall, by reference to the payee’s identity card, the number of which he shall note on the voucher, satisfy himself as to the identity of the payee.

In all cases of payment by cash or uncrossed cheque, a responsible officer appointed by the secretary shall witness the payment and, at the same time, verify by actual sighting of the identity card the particulars of the payee’s identity card with that on the payment voucher.

The responsible officer under paragraph (3) shall endorse the payment voucher to the effect that he had made such verification.