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s.72
Rules where laws conflict
the validity of a bill, as regards requisites in form, is determined by the
law of the place of issue, and the validity, as regards requisites in form, of
the supervening contracts, such as acceptance or indorsement or acceptance
supr
à
protest, is determined by the law of the place where such contract was
made:
Provided that—
(i)
where a bill is issued out of Hong Kong, it is not invalid by reason
only that it is not stamped in accordance with the law of the place of
issue;
(ii)
where a bill issued out of Hong Kong conforms, as regards requisites in
form, to the law of Hong Kong, it may, for the purpose of enforcing payment
thereof, be treated as valid as between all persons who negotiate, hold, or
become parties to it in Hong Kong;