Middle East: The Crime of Drawing Worthless Cheques

The process of drawing cheques instead of cash is spreading, as a consequence of the expansion of banking operations, multiplicity of civil and commercial transactions and the simplicity of such drawing. A cheque is considered an instrument of payment, honoured instantly on demand. Thus a cheque may not be drawn for obtaining credit, and accepting a cheque by a creditor, as a form of payment, docs not discharge a debtor's obligation, unless the cheque value is paid by the drawee.