Bills of Exchange Act 1878
WHEREAS by the Mercantile Law Amendment Act, 1856, and the Mercantile Law Amendment Act (Scotland), 1856, it is enacted that "no acceptance of any bill of exchange, whether inland or foreign, made after the 31st day of December 1856, shall be sufficient to bind or charge any person, unless the same be in writing on such bill, or if there be more than one part of such bill on one of the said parts, and signed by the acceptor or some person duly authorised by him": And whereas doubts have arise...