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Liability of acceptor

Cap. 245, s. 55 · Revised Edition 2020

The acceptor of a bill, by accepting it, (a) engages that he will pay it according to the tenor of his acceptance; (b) is precluded from denying to a holder in due (i) the existence of the drawer, the genuineness of his signature, and his capacity and authority to draw the bill; (ii) in the case of a bill payable to the drawer’s order, the then capacity of the drawer to indorse, but not the genuineness or validity of his (iii) in the case of a bill payable to order of a third person, the existence of a payee and his then capacity to indorse, but not the genuineness or validity of his endorsement.
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Liability of acceptor — Cap. 245 s. 55 · Belize Law