Teaching UGC NET Mock Test Series 2025 (Paper 1 & 2) Law Officer Banking Regulations Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881
The offence under section 138 shall be inquired into and tried only by a court within whose local jurisdiction:
1
If the cheque is delivered for collection through an account, the branch of the bank where the payee or holder in due course, as the case may be, maintains the account, is situated.
2
if the cheque is presented for payment by the payee or holder in due course, otherwise through an account, the branch of the drawee bank where the drawer maintains the account, is situated.
3
Any court having jurisdiction may entertain such a case.
4
Both a and b