Article L511-77
If the text of a bill of exchange is altered, signatories subsequent to the alteration are bound by the terms of the altered text; earlier signatories are bound by the terms of the original text.
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If the text of a bill of exchange is altered, signatories subsequent to the alteration are bound by the terms of the altered text; earlier signatories are bound by the terms of the original text.
If the lost bill of exchange is endorsed with acceptance, payment may not be demanded on any subsequent bill of exchange except by order of the judge and by giving security.
All those who have drawn, accepted, endorsed or guaranteed a bill of exchange are jointly and severally liable to the bearer. The bearer has the right to act against all these persons, individually or…
A holder who refuses payment by intervention forfeits his recourse against those who would have been released.
The drawee may require, when paying the bill of exchange, that it be remitted to him discharged by the bearer. The bearer may not refuse partial payment. In the event of partial payment, the drawee ma…
Any obligor against whom recourse is exercised or who is exposed to recourse may demand, against reimbursement, the surrender of the bill of exchange with the protest and an acquitted account. Any end…
Payment of a bill of exchange due on a legal holiday may only be demanded on the first working day thereafter. Similarly, all other acts relating to the bill of exchange, in particular presentation fo…
Payment may only be stopped in the event of loss of the bill of exchange or the safeguarding, receivership or liquidation of the bearer..
If the person who has lost the bill of exchange, whether accepted or not, is unable to represent any following, he may request payment of the lost bill of exchange and obtain it by the judge's order b…
If recourse is exercised after partial acceptance, the person who reimburses the sum for which the letter was not accepted may require that this reimbursement be mentioned on the letter and that he be…
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