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BILLS OF EXCHANGE ACT 1882 - SECT 4

Inland and foreign bills.

4.(1) An inland bill is a bill which is or on the face of it purports to be
(a) both drawn and payable within the British Islands, or (b) drawn within the
British Islands upon some person resident therein. Any other Bill is a foreign
bill.

For the purposes of this Act "British Islands" mean any part of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the islands of Man, Guernsey, Jersey,
Alderney, and Sark, and the islands adjacent to any of them being part of the
dominions of Her Majesty.

(2) Unless the contrary appear on the face of the bill the holder may treat it
as an inland bill.

© 1882 Crown Copyright

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