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Showing 201–210 of 44147 articles for “Art. L 131-5”
Any payment made by the drawer to the account from which the unpaid cheque was issued is allocated first and foremost to the constitution of a provision for full payment of the cheque.
The drawee who has refused payment of a cheque for lack of sufficient funds or who has closed an account on which cheque forms have been issued or who has registered a stop payment order for loss or t…
The drawer guarantees payment. Any clause by which the drawer exonerates himself from this guarantee shall be deemed unwritten.
The endorsement must be pure and simple. Any condition to which it is subject is deemed unwritten. Partial endorsement is null and void. The endorsement of the drawee is also null and void. A bearer e…
The guarantee is given either on the cheque or on an allonge, or by a separate document indicating the place where it was made. It is expressed by the words "bon pour aval" or any other equivalent wor…
The drawer or bearer of a cheque may cross it with the effects indicated in the following article. The cheque is crossed by means of two parallel bars on the front. It may be general or special. The b…
The presentation of a cheque in payment, accepted by a creditor, does not entail novation. Consequently, the original debt, with all the guarantees attached to it, remains in force until the cheque is…
Any stipulation of interest in the cheque is deemed unwritten.
…d to the drawer within four working days of the day of protest and, in the case of a no-fee return clause, on the day of presentation. Where the cheque indicates the name and address of the drawer, no…
The protest must be made by a notary or bailiff at the domicile of the person on whom the cheque was payable, or at his last known domicile. If the address is falsely stated, the protest shall be prec…
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