Evidence Act 1950 · Updated to 1 Nov 2017 · Chapter VIII · Estoppel
117. Estoppel of acceptor of bill of exchange, bailee or licensee
Feedback & supportNo acceptor of a bill of exchange shall be permitted to deny that the drawer had authority to draw the bill or to endorse it.
No bailee, agent or licensee shall be permitted to deny that the bailor, principal or licensor, by whom any goods were entrusted to any of them respectively was entitled to those goods at the time when they were so entrusted:
Provided that any such bailee, agent or licensee may show that he was compelled to deliver up any such goods to some person who had a right to them as against his bailor, principal or licensor, or that his bailor, principal or licensor wrongfully and without notice to the bailee, agent or licensee, obtained the goods from a third person, who has claimed them from that bailee, agent or licensee.
Explanation—The acceptor of a bill of exchange may deny that the bill was really drawn by the person by whom it purports to have been drawn.