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Version status: In force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 18 August 1882 - onwards

76. General and special crossings defined

(1) Where a cheque bears across its face an addition of -

(a) The words "and company" or any abbreviation thereof between two parallel transverse lines, either with or without the words "not negotiable"; or

(b) Two parallel transverse lines simply, either with or without the words "not negotiable";

that addition constitutes a crossing, and the cheque is crossed generally.

(2) Where a cheque bears across its face an addition of the name of a banker, either with or without the words "not negotiable," that addition constitutes a crossing, and the cheque is crossed specially and to that banker.