Bills of Exchange Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. B-4)

Marginal note:Crossed generally

• 168 (1) Where a cheque bears across its face an addition of

  • (a) the word “bank” between two parallel transverse lines, either with or without the words “not negotiable”, or

  • (b) two parallel transverse lines simply, either with or without the words “not negotiable”,

  that addition constitutes a crossing, and the cheque is crossed generally.

• Marginal note:Crossed specially

  (2) Where a cheque bears across its face an addition of the name of a bank, either with or without the words “not negotiable”, that addition constitutes a crossing, and the cheque is crossed specially and to that bank.