UAE Commercial Transactions Law — Article 514 — Article (514)
Book Four: Commercial Papers · GENERAL PROVISIONS: DEFINITION AND TYPES OF COMMERCIAL PAPERS: Article (509)
A cheque is a commercial paper containing an order issued by the drawer to the drawee bank to pay on the day indicated therein, as the date of issue, a specific sum to the order of a third person, namely the payee or bearer.
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