Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 · Chapter IV: Of Negotiation · O f p r e s e n t m e n t
Section 62: Presentment of promissory note for sight
In plain words
A promissory note payable a certain period after sight must be presented to the maker for sight within a reasonable time after it is made, in business hours on a business day, if the maker can be found. Otherwise no party is liable to the person who failed to present it.
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Official text
A promissory note, payable at a certain period after sight, must be presented to the maker thereof for sight (if he can after reasonable search be found) by a person entitled to demand payment, within a reasonable time after it is made and in business hours on a business day. In default of such presentment, no party thereto is liable thereon to the person making such default.
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in), the consolidated text published by the Legislative Department, Government of India. Text as updated on India Code on 15 October 2026. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.
Supreme Court judgments citing the section 62
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