Cheques Act 1986
41Requisites for indorsement
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41 Requisites for indorsement
(1) An indorsement of a cheque is not effective to transfer the cheque by negotiation unless: (a) the indorsement is written or placed on the cheque and signed by the indorser; and (b) the indorsement is an indorsement of the entire cheque. (2) An indorsement written or placed on an allonge to a cheque shall be taken to be written or placed, as the case may be, on the cheque. (3) A mere signature on a cheque is, in point of form, sufficient for an indorsement of the cheque. (4) Without limiting the generality of paragraph (1)(b), an indorsement of a cheque that purports to transfer a part only of the sum ordered to be paid by the cheque is not effective to transfer the cheque by negotiation.