Article 8

1. If there is a discrepancy between the sum expressed in words and the sum expressed in figures, the sum payable by the instrument is the sum expressed in words.

2. If the sum is expressed more than once in words, and there is a discrepancy, the sum payable is the smaller sum. The same rule applies if the sum is expressed more than once in figures only, and there is a discrepancy.

3. If the sum is expressed in a currency having the same description as that of at least one other State than the State where payment is to be made, as indicated in the instrument, and the specified currency is not identified as the currency of any particular State, the currency is to be considered as the currency of the State where payment is to be made.

4. If an instrument states that the sum is to be paid with interest, without specifying the date from which interest is to run, interest runs from the date of the instrument.

5. A stipulation stating that the sum is to be paid with interest is deemed not to have been written on the instrument unless it indicates the rate at which interest is to be paid.

6. A rate at which interest is to be paid may be expressed either as a definite rate or as a variable rate. For a variable rate to qualify for this purpose, it must vary in relation to one or more reference rates of interest in accordance with provisions stipulated in the instrument and each such reference rate must be published or otherwise available to the public and not be subject, directly or indirectly, to unilateral determination by a person who is named in the instrument at the time the bill is drawn or the note is made, unless the person is named only in the reference rate provisions.

7. If the rate at which interest is to be paid is expressed as a variable rate, it may be stipulated expressly in the instrument that such rate shall not be less than or exceed a specified rate of interest, or that the variations are otherwise limited.

8. If a variable rate does not qualify under paragraph`6 of this article or for any reason it is not possible to determine the numerical value of the variable rate for any period, interest shall be payable for the relevant period at the rate calculated in accordance with paragraph`2 of article 70.

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]

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

B. - Salient Features Of The Convention

Notes

Endnotes

Metadata

Manifest

CHAPTER II. - Interpretation

Section 2. - Interpretation of formal requirements

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