# Bills of Exchange Act 1882, Section 23: Signature essential to liability.


No person is liable as drawer, indorser, or acceptor of a bill who has not signed it as such: Provided that
(1) Where a person signs a bill in a trade or assumed name, he is liable thereon as if he had signed it in his own name:
(2) The signature of the name of a firm is equivalent to the signature by the person so signing of the names of all persons liable as partners in that firm.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/45-46/61/section/23 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/bills-of-exchange-act-1882/section-23
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