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BILLS OF EXCHANGE ACT 1882 - SECT 23 

Signature essential to liability.

23. No person is liable as drawer, indorser, or acceptor of a bill who has not
signed it as such: Provided that

(1)Where a person signs a bill in a trade or assumed name, he is liable
thereon as if he had signed it in his own name:

(2)The signature of the name of a firm is equivalent to the signature by the
person so signing of the names of all persons liable as partners in that firm.

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