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Practice question: Bouncing Checks Law (BP 22; AC 12-2000 and 13-2001)

Multiple Choice Medium

Practice question

A drawer has sufficient funds at issue, deliberately withdraws them, and the check is presented within sixty days and dishonored for insufficiency. All remaining maintaining-funds-mode requirements are proved. Is initial sufficiency alone a complete defense?
  1. Only the payee’s preferred bank matters
  2. Yes, initial funding permanently immunizes every later withdrawal
  3. Yes, the second paragraph has no effect
  4. No
  5. Yes, the check must be presented after ninety days to qualify

Legal references

  • BP22 Sections1 and3, maintaining funds and drawee duties: https://lawphil.net/statutes/bataspam/bp1979/bp_22_1979.html

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