Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2017C00074:section:33
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2017C00074
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 33
Character Range: 29633–30981

33  Person signing as agent or in representative capacity
 (1) Where:
 (a) a person (in this subsection referred to as the signer) signs a cheque for or on behalf of a principal or in a representative capacity;
 (b) the signer adds words to the signature indicating that the signer signs for or on behalf of a principal or in a representative capacity; and
 (c) the person for or on whose behalf the signer signs the cheque is named, or otherwise indicated with reasonable certainty, in the cheque;
the signer is not personally liable on the cheque.
 (2) Where:
 (a) a person (in this subsection referred to as the signer) signs a cheque and adds words to the signature indicating that the signer signs for or on behalf of a principal or in a representative capacity, but:
 (i) the signer does not in fact sign for or on behalf of the principal or in the representative capacity, as the case may be; or
 (ii) the person for or on whose behalf the signer signs the cheque is not named, or otherwise indicated with reasonable certainty, in the cheque; or
 (b) a person (in this subsection also referred to as the signer) signs a cheque and merely adds words to the signature describing the signer as an agent or as having a representative capacity;
the addition of those words does not prevent the signer from being personally liable on the cheque.