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Match these provisions of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, to their section numbers. Cognizance of…

Section 142 governs cognizance and section 143 empowers the court to try cases summarily. Section 140 excludes the specified defence under section 138. Section 139 creates…

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Match these provisions of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, to their section numbers.

  1. Cognizance of offences
  2. Power of the court to try cases summarily
  3. Defence excluded in a prosecution under section 138
  4. Presumption in favour of the holder
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Answer and explanation

Correct answer A

Section 142 governs cognizance and section 143 empowers the court to try cases summarily.

Section 140 excludes the specified defence under section 138. Section 139 creates the rebuttable presumption in favour of the holder.

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Option A

These sections match cognizance, summary trial, excluded defence and holder presumption in order.

Option B

Section 140 excludes a defence and section 139 supplies a presumption. Neither matches the first two topics in this sequence.

Option C

Section 143 is the summary-trial provision and section 142 concerns cognizance. This sequence swaps both pairs.

Option D

Section 139 provides the holder presumption, while section 143 concerns summary trial. The other two numbers are also misplaced.

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