DISHONOURED CHEQUES (OFFENCES) ACT

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LAWS OF THE FEDERATION OF NIGERIA  

DISHONOURED CHEQUES (OFFENCES) ACT

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

1. Offences in relation to dishonoured cheques, etc.
2. Offences by body corporate.
3. Procedure for trial of offences.
4. Short title, etc.

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DISHONOURED CHEQUES (OFFENCES) ACT

An Act to make it an offence for any person anywhere in Nigeria to induce the delivery of any property or to purport to settle a lawful obligation by means of a cheque which when presented within a reasonable time is dishonoured on the grounds that no funds or insufficient funds were standing to the credit of the drawer of the cheque, and for matters connected therewith.

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[20th May, 1977]                                                  [Commencement. ]

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