Landmark case · Law of Banking and Negotiable Instruments · Semester 5

Mohammad Akbar Khan v. Attar Singh

AIR 1936 PC 171 · Privy Council

A document is a promissory note only if it contains an unconditional undertaking to pay a certain sum; a mere receipt or acknowledgement is not enough.

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Definitions and essentials: NI Act sections 4–13 — Unit III, Law of Banking and Negotiable Instruments.

Related sections:

Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, 4 — Promissory note
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, 5 — Bill of exchange
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, 6 — Cheque
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, 13 — Negotiable instrument