TY - JOUR AB - 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. VL - 4 IS - 2 SN - 1359-0790 DO - 10.1108/eb025776 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/eb025776 AU - Alā€Melhem A.A. PY - 1996 Y1 - 1996/01/01 TI - Middle East: The Crime of Drawing Worthless Cheques T2 - Journal of Financial Crime PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 187 EP - 188 Y2 - 2024/04/25 ER -