Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — section 97
97. When party to whom notice given is dead. When the party to whom notice of dishonour is despatched is dead, but the party despatching the notice is ignorant of his death, the notice is sufficient.
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