Section 131 of The Negotiable Instrument Act 1881 - Non-liability of banker receiving payment of cheque

131. Non-liability of banker receiving payment of cheque A banker who has in good faith and without negligence received payment for a customer of a cheque crossed generally or specially to himself shall not, in case the title to the cheque proves defective, incur any liability to the true owner of the cheque by reason only of having received such payment. 1[2[Explanation I]:- A banker receives payment of a crossed cheque for a crossed cheque for a customer within the meaning of his section notwithstanding that he credits his customer's accounts with the amount of the cheque before receiving payment thereof]. 3["Explanation II:- It shall be the duty of the banker who receives payment based on an electronic image of a truncated cheque held with him, to verify the prima facie genuineness of the cheque to be truncated and any fraud, forgery or tampering apparent on the face of the instrument that can be verified with due diligence and ordinary care.

1. Added by Act 18 of 1922, sec. 2. 2. Explanation re-numbered as Explanation I thereof by Act 55 of 2002, sec. 6 (w.e.f. 62-2003). 3. Inserted by Act 55 of 2002, sec. 6 (w.e.f. 6-2-2003).

Central Government Act Section 138(b) in The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (b) the payee or the holder in due course. of the cheque as the case may be, makes a demand for the payment of the said amount of money by giving a notice, in writing, to the drawer of the cheque, within fifteen days of the receipt of information by him from the bank regarding the return of the cheque as unpaid