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Cheques

What are cheques?

Cheques are written orders from account holders instructing their banks to pay specified sums of money to named beneficiaries. They are not legal tender but are legal documents and their use is governed by the Bills of Exchange Act 1882,and the Cheques Acts of 1957 and 1992.


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