NEGOTIABLE

INSTRUMENTS LAW
 SECTION 1. FORM OF NEGOTIABLE
INSTRUMENTS - WUPOA
(a) It must be in writing and signed by the maker or drawer;
(b) Must contain an unconditional promise or order to pay a sum certain in money;
(c) Must be payable on demand, or at a fixed or determinable future time;
(d) Must be payable to order or to bearer; and
(e) Where the instrument is addressed to a drawee, he must be named or otherwise
indicated therein with reasonable certainty.
 SEC. 2. WHAT CONSTITUTES CERTAINTY
AS TO SUM.- AI-SEXC

1. by stated installments, with an acceleration clause

2. with interest;
3. by stated installments;
4. with exchange, whether at a fixed rate or at the
current rate; or
5. with costs of collection or an attorney's fee, in case
payment shall not be made at maturity.
 SEC. 3. WHEN PROMISE IS
UNCONDITIONAL.
a) An indication of a particular fund out of which reimbursement is to
be made or a particular account to be debited with the amount;
(b) A statement of the transaction which gives rise to the instrument.

Take Note: An order or promise to pay out of a particular fund is not

unconditional.
 SEC. 4. DETERMINABLE FUTURE TIME;
WHAT CONSTITUTES.
(a) At a fixed period after date or sight;
(b) On or before a fixed or determinable future time specified therein;
(c) On or at a fixed period after the occurrence of a specified event
which is certain to happen, though the time of happening be
uncertain.

• An instrument payable upon a contingency is not

negotiable, and the happening of the event does not cure
the defect.
PROMISORY NOTE VS. BILL OF EXCHANGE

1. PARTIES
2. LIABILITY
3. DRAWN BY