Bills of Exchange Ordinance

(1)
Where a cheque bears across its face an addition
of—
(a)
the words “and company”, or any abbreviation thereof, between two parallel
                    transverse lines, either with or without the words “not negotiable”;
                    or
(b)
two parallel transverse lines simply, either with or without the words “not
                    negotiable”,
that addition constitutes a crossing, and the cheque is crossed
                generally.
(2)
Where a cheque bears across its face an addition of the name of a banker,
                either with or without the words “not negotiable”, that addition constitutes a
                crossing, and the cheque is crossed specially and to that banker.
[cf. 1882 c. 61 s. 76 U.K.]