Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — section 80

80. Interest when no rate specified. When no rate of interest is specified in the instrument, interest on the amount due thereon shall, 5[notwithstanding any agreement relating to interest between any parties to the instrument,] be calculated at the rate of six per centum per annum from the date at which the same ought to have been paid by the party charged until tender or realization of the amount due thereon or until such date after the institution of a suit to recover such amount as the Court directs 6[ : ] 1 Ins. by the Negotiable Instruments (Amdt.) Ordinance, 1980 (61 of 1980), s. 3. 2 Subs by the Negotiable Instruments (Amdt.) Ordinanee, 1980 (61 of 1980), s, 3. for full stop. 3 Proviso added ibid. 4 Clause (c) ins. ibid. 5 Subs. by the Negotiable Instruments (Interest) Act, 1926 (30 of 1926) s. 2 for “except in cases provided for by the Code of Civil Procedure, section 532”. 6 Subs. by Ord. 61 of 1980, s. 4 for full-stop. l [Provided that in the case of an amount due on an instrument where the return is on bases other than interest return on the amount due, when no rate of return is specified in the instrument, shall be calculated at the following rate, and shall be allowed from the date it becomes due till the date it is actually paid :

(a)in the case of return on the basis of mark-up in price, lease, hire-purchase or service charges, at the contracted rate of mark-up, rental, hire or service charges, as the case may be ; and

(b)in the case of return on the basis of participation in profit and loss, at such rate as the Court may consider just and reasonable in the circumstances of the case, keeping in view the profit-sharing agreement entered into between the banking company and the judgement debtor when the loan was contracted.] Explanation.—When the party charged is the indorser of an instrument dishonoured by non payment, he is liable to pay interest 2[or return in any other form, as the case may be,] only from the time that he receives notice of the dishonour.