Section 8Part 2 — Bills of Exchange
What bills are negotiable
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When a bill contains words prohibiting transfer, or indicating an intention that it should not be transferable, it is valid as between the parties thereto, but is not negotiable.
A negotiable bill may be payable either to order or to bearer.
A bill is payable to bearer which is expressed to be so payable, or on which the only or last indorsement is an indorsement in blank.
A bill is payable to order which is expressed to be so payable or which is expressed to be payable to a particular person, and does not contain words prohibiting transfer or indicating an intention that it should not be transferable.
Where a bill, either originally or by indorsement, is expressed to be payable to the order of a specified person, and not to that person or that person’s order, it is nevertheless payable to that person or that person’s order at that person’s option.
Defined Terms
negotiable billpayable to bearerpayable to order