27 Stamping of certain foreign bills of exchange.

[FA1936 s25]

Notwithstanding any enactment to the contrary, a bill of exchange which is presented for acceptance or is accepted or payable outside the State shall not be invalid in the State by reason only that it is not stamped in accordance with the law for the time being in force in the State in relation to stamp duties, and sections 14(1) and 127 shall apply to every such bill of exchange which is unstamped or insufficiently or not properly stamped as if it were an instrument which may legally be stamped after it has been executed within the meaning of sections 14(1) and 127.