Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — section 62

62. Presentment of promissory note for sight. A promissory note, payable at a certain period after sight, must be presented to the maker thereof for sight (if he can, after reasonable search, be found) by a person entitled to demand payment, within a reasonable time after it is made and in business hours on a business day in default of such presentment, no party thereto is liable thereon to the person making such default.