Negotiable Instruments Act : Cheque crossed generally. Indian Bare Acts :

Negotiable Instruments Act,1881

Act No : 26

Section : Cheque crossed generally.

123.Cheque crossed generally. Where a cheque bears across its face an addition of the words "and company " or any abbreviation thereof, between two parallel transverse lines, or of two parallel transverse lines simply, either with or without the words " not negotiable," that addition shall be deemed a crossing, and the cheque shall be deemed to be crossed generally.