What is payment in due course? Payment in due course is defined defined under Section 10 of Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
"Payment in due course" means payment in accordance with the apparent tenor of the instrument in good faith and without negligence to any person in possession thereof under circumstances which do not afford a reasonable ground for believing that he is not entitled to receive payment of the amount therein mentioned.
Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
CHAPTER II NOTES, BILLS AND CHEQUES
Section 9 - Holder in Due Course
Section 10 - Payment in due Course
Section 11 - Inland Instrument
Section 12 - Foreign Instrument
Section 13 - Negotiable Instrument
Section 16 - Endorsement in blank and in full endorsee
Section 17 - Ambiguous instruments
Section 18 - Where amount is stated differently in figures and words