UNCITRAL Convention on International Bills of Exchange and International Promissory Notes, 1988

CHAPTER I. - Sphere Of Application And Form Of The Instrument

CHAPTER II. - Interpretation

Section 1. - General provisions

Section 2. - Interpretation of formal requirements

Section 3. - Completion of an incomplete instrument

CHAPTER III. - Transfer

CHAPTER IV. - Rights And Liabilities

Section 1. - The rights of a holder and of a protected holder

Section `2. - Liabilities of the parties

A. - General provisions

B. - The drawer

C. - The maker

D. - The drawee and the acceptor

E. - The endorser

F. - The transferor by endorsement or by mere delivery

G. - The guarantor

CHAPTER `V. - Presentment, Dishonour By Non-Acceptance Or Non-Payment, And Recourse

Section `1. - Presentment for acceptance and dishonour by non-acceptance

Section `2. - Presentment for payment and dishonour by non-payment

Section `3. - Recourse

A. - Protest

B. - Notice of dishonour

Section 4. - Amount payable

CHAPTER VI. - Discharge

Section 1. - Discharge by payment

Section 2. - Discharge of other parties

CHAPTER VII. - Lost Instruments

CHAPTER VIII. - Limitation (Prescription)

CHAPTER IX. - Final Provisions

[Post Provisions]

[Post Clauses (If any: Signed; Witnessed; Done; Authentic Texts; & Deposited Clauses)]

Annex - Explanatory Note by the UNCITRAL Secretariat on the United Nations Convention on International Bills of Exchange and International Promissory Notes *[NOTE]

A. - Background To The Convention

B. - Salient Features Of The Convention

1. Scope of application and form of the instrument

2. Interpretation of the Convention

3. The concepts of "holder" and "protected holder"

6. Other novel provisions of practical importance

Notes

Endnotes

Metadata

SiSU Metadata, document information

Manifest

SiSU Manifest, alternative outputs etc.

UNCITRAL Convention on International Bills of Exchange and International Promissory Notes, 1988

United Nations (UN)

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CHAPTER I. - Sphere Of Application And Form Of The Instrument

Article 3

1. A bill of exchange is a written instrument which:

(a) Contains an unconditional order whereby the drawer directs the drawee to pay a definite sum of money to the payee or to his order;

(b) Is payable on demand or at a definite time;

(d) Is signed by the drawer.

2. A promissory note is a written instrument which:

(a) Contains an unconditional promise whereby the maker undertakes to pay a definite sum of money to the payee or to his order;

(b) Is payable on demand or at a definite time;

(d) Is signed by the maker.

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