Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2017C00074:section:3:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2017C00074
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 3 (pt 2/2)
Character Range: 10524–11686

the act or thing being done honestly, whether or not the act or thing is done negligently.
 (3) Where a person obtains a cheque:
 (a) by fraud, duress or other unlawful means; or
 (b) for an illegal consideration;
the person's title to the cheque is defective.
 (4) Subsection (3) shall not be taken to limit by implication the circumstances in which the title of a person to a cheque is defective.
 (5) Where, at any time, a cheque appears on its face to have been drawn more than 15 months before that time, the cheque is, at that time, a stale cheque.
 (6) A reference in this Act to a signature or indorsement being written or placed on a cheque without the authority of the person whose signature or indorsement it purports to be includes a reference to the forging of the signature or indorsement.
 (7) A reference in this Act to a cheque, or a copy of a cheque, being exhibited to a person includes a reference to the cheque or the copy, as the case may be, being delivered to the person.
 (8) An alteration of a cheque is a material alteration if it alters, in any respect, a right, duty or liability of the drawer, an indorser or the drawee institution.