The acceptor of a bill, by accepting it—
| (a) |
engages that he will pay it according to the tenor of his acceptance; |
| (b) |
is precluded from denying to a holder in due course— |
| (i) |
the existence of the drawer, the genuineness of his signature, and his capacity and authority to draw the bill; |
| (ii) |
in the case of a bill payable to drawer's order, the then capacity of the drawer to indorse, but not the genuineness or the validity of his indorsement; |
| (iii) |
in the case of a bill payable to the order of a third person, the existence of the payee and his then capacity to indorse, but not the genuineness or the validity of his indorsement. |
Special Investigating Units and Special Tribunals Act, 1996
