1. Where due to a force majeure event a bill of exchange is not presented or protested within the prescribed time limits, such time limit shall be extended. 2. The bearer shall, without delay, notify his endorser of the force majeure event. Such notice shall be dated and signed by the bearer on the bill itself or the attached paper. Such notices shall be sequentially served from one endorser to another up to the drawer, pursuant to Article (591) above. 3. When the force majeure even ends, the bearer shall, without delay, present the bill of exchange for acceptance or payment, then make the protest when necessary. 4. Where the force majeure event continues for more than (30) thirty days, as of the maturity date, recourse may be exercised against the obligors with no need to present the bill of exchange or make a protest. 5. Where the bill of exchange is payable at sight or a certain period after sight, the time limit of (30) thirty days shall run from the date on which the bearer notifies his endorser of the force majeure event, even if such date is prior to the expiry of the time limits set for presentation of the bill of exchange. The sight period shall be extended to more than the (30) thirty days if the bill of exchange is payable after a certain period from the sight. 6. Matters related to the person of the bearer or any person delegated by him to present or protest the bill of exchange shall not be deemed a force majeure event.
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