Article L511-28
The bearer of a bill of exchange cannot be compelled to receive payment before maturity. The drawee who pays before maturity does so at his own risk. He who pays on maturity is validly discharged, unl…
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The bearer of a bill of exchange cannot be compelled to receive payment before maturity. The drawee who pays before maturity does so at his own risk. He who pays on maturity is validly discharged, unl…
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.
The chairmen, managers, directors and staff of general shop operations are, under the penalties provided for in Article 226-13 of the Penal Code, are bound by professional secrecy in all matters relat…
…ayment may not be demanded on any subsequent bill of exchange except by order of the judge and by giving security.
…it be remitted to him discharged by the bearer. The bearer may not refuse partial payment. In the event of partial payment, the drawee may require that mention of such payment be made on the bill and…
Payment may only be stopped in the event of loss of the bill of exchange or the safeguarding, receivership or liquidation of the bearer..
…owing, he may request payment of the lost bill of exchange and obtain it by the judge's order by proving his ownership by his books and by giving security.
If the bill of exchange is not presented for payment on the due date, or on one of the two working days thereafter, any debtor shall be entitled to remit the amount thereof on deposit at the Caisse de…
In the event of refusal of payment, on the request made under the two preceding articles, the owner of the lost bill of exchange retains all his rights by an act of protest. This deed must be made on…
…of exchange may, under the conditions hereinafter determined, be accepted or paid by a person intervening on behalf of any debtor exposed to recourse. The intervening person may be a third party, eve…
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