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No. 3 of 1885.
BILLS OF EXCHANGE.
(4) where the notice is given by or on behalf of an indorser entitled to give notice as hereinbefore provided, it enures for the benefit of the holder and all indorsers subsequent to the party to whom notice is given;
(5) the notice may be given in writing or by personal communication, and may be given in any terms which sufficiently identify the bill, and intimate that the bill has been dishonoured by non-acceptance or non-payment;
(6) the return of a dishonoured bill to the drawer or an indorser is, in point of form, deemed a sufficient notice of dishonour;
(7) a written notice need not be signed, and an insufficient written notice may be supplemented and validated by verbal communication. A misdescription of the bill shall not vitiate the notice unless the party to whom the notice is given is in fact misled thereby;
(8) where notice is required to be given to any person, it may be given either to the party himself or to his agent in that behalf;
(9) where the drawer or indorser is dead, and the party giving notice knows it, the notice must be given to a personal representative, if such there be, and, with the exercise of reasonable diligence, he can be found;
(10) where the drawer or indorser is bankrupt, the notice may be given either to the party himself or to his trustee or assignee;
(11) where there are two or more drawers or indorsers who are not partners, the notice must be given to each of them, unless one of them has authority to receive such notice for the others;
(12) the notice may be given as soon as the bill is dishonoured and must be given within a reasonable time thereafter. In the absence of special circumstances, notice is not deemed to have been given within a reasonable time, unless—
(a) where the person giving and the person to receive notice reside in the same place, the notice is given or sent off in time to reach the latter on the day after the dishonour of the bill;
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