No acceptor of a bill of exchange shall be permitted to deny that the drawer had authority to draw such bill or to endorse it; nor shall any bailee or licensee be permitted to deny that his bailor or licensor had, at the time when the bailment or licence commenced, authority to make such bailment or grant such licence.
Explanation (1). - The acceptor of a bill of exchange may deny that the bill was really drawn by the person by whom it purports to have been drawn.
Explanation (2). - If a bailee delivers the goods bailed to a person other than the bailor, he may prove that such person had a right to them as against the bailor.
Section 111 Proof of good faith in transactions where one party is in relation of active confidence
Section 111A Presumption as to certain offences
Section 112 Birth during marriage, conclusive proof of legitimacy
Section 113 Proof of cession of territory
Section 113A Presumption as to abetment of suicide by a married woman
Section 113B Presumption as to dowry death
Section 114 Court may presume existence of certain facts
Section 114A Presumption as to absence of consent in certain prosecution for rape
Section 116 Estoppel of tenants and of licensee of person in possession
Section 117 Estoppel of acceptor of bill of exchange, bailee or licensee