1. The owner of a lost bill of exchange may obtain a copy thereof by referring to his preceding endorser, who shall assist and authorize him to use his name in order to claim from the previous endorser, and so on from one endorser to another up the drawer. 2. Every endorser shall annotate his endorsement on the copy of the bill of exchange delivered by the drawer after being annotated that it is in lieu of the missing original. 3. Payment may not be claimed under the said copy except with an order from the chief judge of the competent court and subject to the provision of a guarantee. 4. All expenses incurred in this respect shall be borne by the owner of the bill of exchange.
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