Financing: Bill of exchange

11 important questions on Financing: Bill of exchange

Name the 3 parties in the Bill of exchange

Drawer: The issuer of a bill exchange
Drawee: The person ordered to pay a bill of exchange
Payee: The person to whom a bill/note is to be paid

What are the requirements of a B.O.E to be Valid?

A bill of exchange is valid when the drawee has an obligation to pay money to the drawer.

Name the law governing bills of Exchange

Common law countries (UK) —> Bills of exchange act, BEA 1882
Countries in Europe —> Geneva conventions on the innovation of the law of B/E, UBL,1930
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Name the law that governs the relationships between org. Parties to Bill

Contract law —> it regulates negotiations of bills & notes

Define a negotiability instrument

  • Can be freely transferred to another person ( by delivery)
  • Transfer rights (title)
  • B/E is only payable + negotiable when the initial contract obligation was fulfilled

Explain the difference between assignee vs holder

Assignee acquires only the rights of the assigner

Holder is able to acquire more rights than transferor possessed  themselves —> rights depend on way the instrument was negotiated + governing law

Explain common law holder in due course

Person who acquires an instrument by negotiations for value, in good faith + without notice that —>

  • Its overdue
  • Has been dishonoured
  • That person who has to pay it has valid excuse for not doing it

Explain when a negotiation/transfer is valid

  • Form + content of instrument is proper
  • Law guarantees full transfer of rights to receive payment

Explain when Bill/notes are non-negotiable

If there is any limitation to transferability right —> BEA.64
BEA.64 > The bill is avoided where bill or acceptance is materially altered without the assent of all parties liable on the bill

Name the points a BEA.64 states that a bill/notes should contain

    • State of unconditional promise to pay
    • State a defined sum of money
    • Be payable on demand/ at defined time
    • Be signed by maker/drawer
    • Doesn't require not to contain word promissory note

Explain formal void vs material void

Material void = when wrong info is wrongly written or alter information on the bill/note (front)
Formal void= occurs when one of the requirements of BEA is missing/forgotten on the front of the bill/note

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