53Crossing and crossed cheque defined

53 Crossing and crossed cheque defined

(1) Where a cheque clearly bears across the front of the cheque the addition of: (a) 2 parallel transverse lines; or (b) 2 parallel transverse lines with the words not negotiable between, or substantially between, the lines; the addition is a crossing of the cheque, and the cheque is a crossed cheque. (2) Nothing written or placed on a cheque, other than an addition of a kind referred to in subsection (1), is effective as a crossing of the cheque. (3) Without limiting the generality of subsection (2), the addition of the words not negotiable to a cheque otherwise than between, or substantially between, 2 parallel transverse lines across the front of the cheque is not effective as a crossing of the cheque.