Dos and Donts for Writing cheques
Posted on: 05/Dec/2016 12:11:00 PM
Here is the Do`s and Don`ts for Writing cheques.
Do`s
- Always fill up the cheque yourself.
- Cancel the words or bearer & write A/c payee on the top-left corner to avoid cheque misuse.
- Write only after amount in words and put /- after the amount in numbers.
- Write clearly and legibly & always use permanent ink pens such as a ball pen in blue or black colour.
- Sign only in space provided above the name of the account holder or authorized signatory fields.
- Sign clearly to ensure the cheque is not bounced due to mismatch in the signature
- Strike through unused space in the name and amount fields to avoid any unauthorized additions.
- Please validate the identity of third party if handing over cheques for any loan or insurance offering.
Don`ts
- Do not leave wide blank spaces in fields like payee name, amount in words and numbers.
- Do not overwrite, scribble, cancel or rewrite on a cheque.
