The Bills of Exchange Act 1908 (No 15) is an Act of the
New Zealand Parliament
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(then called the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament) relating to
bills of exchange
A negotiable instrument is a document guaranteeing the payment of a specific amount of money, either on demand, or at a set time, whose payer is usually named on the document. More specifically, it is a document contemplated by or consisting of a ...
. It is based on the United Kingdom
Bills of Exchange Act 1882
The Bills of Exchange Act 1882 is a United Kingdom Act of Parliament concerning bills of exchange. The Act was drafted by Sir Mackenzie Chalmers, who later drafted the Sale of Goods Act 1893 and the Marine Insurance Act 1906.
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. The Act also applies to the
Cook Islands
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and
Niue
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as well as New Zealand.
Sections 11 to 14 of the
Statutes Amendment Act 1946, the
Cheques Act 1960, the
Bills of Exchange Amendment Act 1963, the
Bills of Exchange Amendment Act 1971, the
Bills of Exchange Amendment Act 1979, and the
Bills of Exchange Amendment Act 1995, are deemed part of the Bills of Exchange Act 1908.
The Bills of Exchange Act 1908 consolidates the
Bills of Exchange Act 1883, the
Bills of Exchange Act 1883 Amendment Act 1884, and the
Bills of Exchange Act Amendment Act 1905.
[The Bills of Exchange Act 1908, section 1(2) and First Schedule]
Section 4
Sections 4(1) and (1A) were substituted for section 4(1) by section 3 of the
Bills of Exchange Amendment Act 2002.
Section 14
The proviso was substituted for sections 14(a)(i) and (ii) by section 13 of the Statutes Amendment Act 1946. Section 14(a) was substituted by section 3(1) of the Bills of Exchange Amendment Act 1979.
Section 30
Section 30(2) was substituted by section 50 of the
Credit Contracts Act 1981.
Section 40
Section 40(2) was substituted by section 4(1) of the Bills of Exchange Amendment Act 1979.
Section 41
Sections 41(1)(da) and (2)(fa) were inserted by section 5 of the Bills of Exchange Amendment Act 1979.
Section 75
This section was substituted by section 2 of the Bills of Exchange Amendment Act 1971.
Section 82
This section was repealed by section 8(1) of the Cheques Act 1960.
Section 96A
This section was inserted by section 4 of the
Bills of Exchange Amendment Act 2016.
Section 97
This section was repealed by section 2 of the Bills of Exchange Amendment Act 1963.
References
*Bright, T N. Banking Law and Practice in New Zealand. Sweet & Maxwell. 1962. Pages 29, 46, 54, 57, 72, 82, 101, 120, 138, 167, 169, 177, 202, 209, 212, 217, 225, 237, 240, 358 and passim. See generally chapters 15 to 20
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*Northey and Leys. Commercial Law in New Zealand
Fifth Edition Butterworths. Wellington. 1974. Pages 2, 43, 54, 157, 162, 170, 190, 218, 232, 364 to 409, 433 and passim.
*"Bills of Exchange Act 1908". New Zealand Contract and Commercial Legislation 2013. CCH New Zealand
111et seq.
*Australian and New Zealand Commentary on Halsbury's Laws of England (Fourth Edition). Butterworths. 1974
Title "Chapter Sixteen: Bills of Exchange and other Negotiable Instruments" Pages 12 to 14, 17, 18, 20, 26 and 28.
*Wily, H Jenner. The Abridgement of New Zealand Case Law. Butterworths. Wellington. 1963
Volume 1 Pages 10, 13 to 15, 18, 26, 27, 60 and passim.
*Butterworth's Current Law Digest 1979-1983. Butterworths. Wellington. 1984. Pages 34, 35, 114, 424 and passim. Paras 100 and 1482
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*Collier and Lindsay. Powers of Attorney in Australia and New Zealand. Federation Press. 1992
Page 117
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01715 New Zealand Yearbook of International La
254
*Ngyh. Conflict of Laws in Australia. Butterworths
4th Edition 1984. Pages 241, 246 and 262.
*Byles on Bills of Exchange
25th Edition 1983. Page 37.
*Ellinger's Modern Banking Law. Fifth Edition. Page
409and 480.
*Cranston, Avgouleas, van Zwieten, Hare and van Sante. Principles of Banking Law. Third Edition. Oxford University Press
Page 374
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External links
Statutes of New Zealand
1908 in New Zealand law