Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2012C00128:section:17
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2012C00128
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 17
Character Range: 12959–13631

17  Omission of date in bill payable after date

  Where a bill expressed to be payable at a fixed period after date is issued undated, or where the acceptance of a bill payable at a fixed period after sight is undated, any holder may insert therein the true date of issue or acceptance, and the bill shall be payable accordingly:
Provided that:
 (a) where the holder in good faith and by mistake inserts a wrong date; and
 (b) in every case where a wrong date is inserted, if the bill subsequently comes into the hands of a holder in due course;
the bill shall not be avoided thereby, but shall operate and be payable as if the date so inserted had been the true date.