Section 74: General and special crossings
consolidated text (as at 2011, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
74. General and special crossings
(1) Where a cheque bears across its face an addition of—
(a) the words “and company” or any abbreviation of those words
between 2 parallel transverse lines, either with or without the
words “not negotiable”; or
(b) 2 parallel transverse lines simply, either with or without the
words “not negotiable”,
that addition constitutes a crossing, and the cheque is crossed generally.
(2) Where a cheque bears across its face an addition of the name of a
banker, either with or without the words “not negotiable”, that addition constitutes a crossing, and the cheque is crossed specially and to the banker.