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(1)A cheque may be crossed generally or specially by the drawer.
(2)Where a cheque is uncrossed, the holder may cross it generally or specially.
(3)Where a cheque is crossed generally the holder may cross it specially.
(4)Where a cheque is crossed generally or specially, the holder may add the words “not negotiable.”
(5)Where a cheque is crossed specially, the banker to whom it is crossed may again cross it specially to another banker for collection.
(6)Where an uncrossed cheque, or a cheque crossed generally, is sent to a banker for collection, he may cross it specially to himself.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 77 extended by Cheques Act 1957 (c. 36, SIF 14), s. 5 and S.I. 1976/2012, reg. 22(2)
C2S. 77 subsections (1), (3), (4) and (5) and, so far as it relates to crossed cheques, subsection (6) of section 77, extended by S.I. 1984/779, reg. 7(2)
C3S. 77(1)(3)-(5) and, so far as it relates to crossed cheques, (6) extended by S.I. 1972/641, 764, 765