The law of any foreign country ¹*** regarding promissory notes, bills of exchange and cheques shall be presumed to be the same as that of ² [India], unless and until the contrary is proved.

1. The words or the State of Jammu and Kashmir omitted by Act 62 of 1956, s. 2 and the Sch.
2. Subs. by the A.O. 1948, A.O. 1950 and the Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Sch. for British India.