Bills of Exchange Act 1909
82General and special crossings defined
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82 General and special crossings defined
(1) Where a cheque bears across its face an addition of: (a) the word “bank” or the words “and company” or any abbreviation thereof respectively, between two parallel transverse lines, either with or without the words “not negotiable”; or (b) two parallel transverse lines simply, either with or without the words “not negotiable”; that addition constitutes a crossing, and the cheque is crossed generally. (2) Where a cheque bears across its face an addition of the name of a banker, either with or without the words “not negotiable”, that addition constitutes a crossing, and the cheque is crossed specially and to that banker.