Section 83 — Discharge by allowing drawee more than forty-eight hours to accept.

Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881
If the holder of a bill of exchange allows the drawee more than 1 [forty-eight] hours, exclusive of public holidays, to consider whether he will accept the same, all previous parties not consenting to such allowance are thereby discharge from liability to such holder.

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