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Bills of Exchange Act 1909

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#### 87 Effect of crossing on holder Where a person takes a crossed cheque which bears on it the words “not negotiable”, he or she shall not have and shall not be capable of giving a better title to the cheque than that which the person from whom he or she took it had.

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