INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT, 1872
BHARATIYA SAKSHYA ADHINIYAM, 2023
117. Estoppel of acceptor of bill of exchange, bailee or licensee.
123. Estoppel of acceptor of bill of exchange, bailee or licensee.
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INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT, 1872
117. Estoppel of acceptor of bill of exchange, bailee or licensee. –– No acceptor of a bill of
exchange shall be permitted to deny that the drawer had authority to draw such bill or to endorse it; nor
shall any bailee or licensee be permitted to deny that his bailor or licensor had, at the time when the
bailment or licence commenced, authority to make such bailment or grant such licence.
Explanation (1). –– The acceptor of a bill of exchange may deny that the bill was really drawn by the
person by whom it purports to have been drawn.
Explanation (2). –– If a bailee delivers the goods bailed to a person other than the bailor, he may
prove that such person had a right to them as against the bailor.
1. Subs. by Act 13 of 2013, s. 26 (w.e.f. 3-2-2013). Earlier it was inserted by 43 of 1983, s. 6, (w.e.f. 25-12-1983).
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Repealed / replaced by BSA India Code — IEA 1872
BHARATIYA SAKSHYA ADHINIYAM, 2023
123. Estoppel of acceptor of bill of exchange, bailee or licensee.—No acceptor of a bill of
exchange shall be permitted to deny that the drawer had authority to draw such bill or to endorse it; nor
shall any bailee or licensee be permitted to deny that his bailor or licensor had, at the time when the
bailment or licence commenced, authority to make such bailment or grant such licence.
Explanation 1.—The acceptor of a bill of exchange may deny that the bill was really drawn by the
person by whom it purports to have been drawn.
Explanation 2.—If a bailee delivers the goods bailed to a person other than the bailor, he may prove
that such person had a right to them as against the bailor.
CHAPTER IX
OF WITNESSES
Current law India Code — BSA 2023